Stephen McKinney not entitled to reduction in prison term for killing wife on Lough Erne boat trip, court rules

Stephen McKinney (Pic: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker)

Alan Erwin

A “cruel and controlling” husband who murdered his wife on a family boating trip is not entitled to any reduction in his prison term, the Court of Appeal ruled today.

Senior judges rejected claims the minimum 20-year sentence imposed on Stephen McKinney for killing Lu Na McKinney at Lough Erne, Co Fermanagh in April 2017 was too severe.