‘Sadistic’ lab technician, 30, who strangled co-worker girlfriend, 23, to death in his parents home before cutting her throat and dumping body in a country lane is found guilty of her murder
- Ross McCullam has been convicted of murder at Leicester Crown Court
- He killed work colleague Megan Newborough at his parents’ home in Coalville
- The lab technician then dumped Ms Newborough’s body in a country lane
A ‘sadistic killer’ lab technician who strangled this co-worker girlfriend to death in his parents home before cutting her throat and dumping body in a country lane has been found guilty of her murder.
Ross McCullam, who had admitted manslaughter, claimed he could not be guilty of murdering 23-year-old Megan Newborough, because he acted after a loss of control inadvertently triggered by his victim.
The 30-year-old sought to blame Miss Newborough, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, claiming he went into a ‘blind rage’ set off by undiagnosed PTSD caused by unreported childhood sexual abuse.
Ross McCullam, who strangled his co-worker girlfriend, 23, to death has been convicted of murder at Leicester Crown Court
McCullam killed work colleague Megan Newborough at his parents’ home in Coalville
McCullam told a jury the fatal incident was inadvertently triggered when Miss Newborough allegedly prepared to give him oral sex at his parents’ home, in Windsor Close, Coalville, Leicestershire, on August 6, 2021.
But he was unanimously convicted in just over an hour and a half by a Leicester Crown Court jury on Monday.
McCullam, who was standing to hear the verdict, simply nodded as it was read by the jury’s foreman.
McCullam was undone by his own lies, including having earlier told detectives during a police interview that how, not content with strangling her — he waited on his own account for up to 10 minutes before fetching a carving knife and cutting her throat.
McCullam, who took medication for ADHD, claimed he only used a knife because he was scared people — including Miss Newborough – would have been ‘upset’ and ‘cross’ at him for having throttled her.
Ross McCullam, who had admitted manslaughter, claimed he could not be guilty of murdering 23-year-old Megan Newborough, because he acted after a loss of control
McCullam, who was stood in the court dock to hear the jury, nodded twice as the verdict was read by the foreman. Pictured, Miss Newborough
Having killed her, he then embarked on an elaborate cover-up, driving Miss Newborough’s body in her own car to a country lane, where he dumped her remains near Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire.
Before driving off, McCullam — who had no driving licence — also sent a text message, asking if she had made it home safe, including one reading ‘You are amazing’, along with kisses and a smiling emoji.
In a chilling postscript to his crime, McCullam — in a voice message sent to Miss Newborough’s phone, knowing she was by then dead — said: ‘I had a fun time earlier.’
McCullam embarked on an elaborate cover-up, driving Miss Newborough’s body in her own car to a country lane, where he dumped her remains near Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire. Pictured, a police car near where Miss Newborough’s body was recovered
In the hours following the killing, he then watched pornography for 17 minutes — part of an hour-a-day porn-watching habit.
McCullam, who was stood in the court dock to hear the jury, nodded twice as the verdict was read by the foreman.
Miss Newborough’s mother, father and sister, who had had to sit through a six-week trial hearing harrowing and upsetting evidence — much of it for the first time — cried and hugged one another at the back of court as the verdict was returned.
Judge Philip Head excused the jurors from further jury service for life, thanking them for their work on the case.
McCullam, who is in custody, will be sentenced at Leicester Crown Court on Friday.
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