BREAKING: A porn-obsessed lab technician who murdered a colleague and dumped her body in a country lane has been jailed.
Ross McCullam has been jailed at Leicester Crown Court for life with a minimum term of 23 years for the murder of work colleague Megan Newborough
McCullum went into a ‘blind rage’ after claiming he was triggered during oral sex by undiagnosed PTSD as a result of unreported childhood sexual abuse. ‘Megan shone like a star to everyone she came into contact with. She excelled at work and was an enthusiastic dancer, teaching children of all ages. She had a bright future ahead of her,’ a statement said.
McCullum grabbed sheets and ‘fancy dress clothes’ to mop up blood, collecting a change of clothes he ‘grabbed off the end of the bannister’, before placing Ms Newborough in the passenger seat of her own car and driving from his house. He then texted Ms Newborough’s phone asking if she arrived home safely in an attempt to cover his crime.He later sent a chilling voice message, knowing she was by then dead, saying: ‘You haven’t rang back, or text me or anything.During cross examination, Mr Cammegh said McCullum had put on ‘quite a performance,’ before asking him: ‘You were acting with supreme self-control and calculation.
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