<p>On a&nbsp;spring morning in June 2001&nbsp;an eight-year-old girl&nbsp;gathers&nbsp;moss for her grandmother’s hanging baskets in a forest near Ballinamore in Co Leitrim.&nbsp;The child lets out a&nbsp;scream,&nbsp;she had&nbsp;discovered&nbsp;a body.&nbsp;&nbsp;The remains belonged to Enniskillen&nbsp;businessman,&nbsp;Gerry&nbsp;McGinley&nbsp;and it was&nbsp;clear that he&nbsp;been murdered.&nbsp;&nbsp;He had been killed by his own wife Julie and her&nbsp;lover,&nbsp;in fact they were already in custody over it.&nbsp;&nbsp;But it&nbsp;wasn’t&nbsp;a simple tale&nbsp;of adultery. It&nbsp;involved&nbsp;hotel sex with strangers, lies,&nbsp;blackmail&nbsp;and videotape – and included many prominent people in Fermanagh.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>Andrew Madden researched&nbsp;this sordid story for the Belfast Telegraph.&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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Belfast Telegraph

Sex, lies and video tape: Julie McGinley and the murder of husband Gerry McGinley

APR 11, 202624 MIN
The BelTel

Sex, lies and video tape: Julie McGinley and the murder of husband Gerry McGinley

APR 11, 202624 MIN

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<p>On a&nbsp;spring morning in June 2001&nbsp;an eight-year-old girl&nbsp;gathers&nbsp;moss for her grandmother’s hanging baskets in a forest near Ballinamore in Co Leitrim.&nbsp;The child lets out a&nbsp;scream,&nbsp;she had&nbsp;discovered&nbsp;a body.&nbsp;&nbsp;The remains belonged to Enniskillen&nbsp;businessman,&nbsp;Gerry&nbsp;McGinley&nbsp;and it was&nbsp;clear that he&nbsp;been murdered.&nbsp;&nbsp;He had been killed by his own wife Julie and her&nbsp;lover,&nbsp;in fact they were already in custody over it.&nbsp;&nbsp;But it&nbsp;wasn’t&nbsp;a simple tale&nbsp;of adultery. It&nbsp;involved&nbsp;hotel sex with strangers, lies,&nbsp;blackmail&nbsp;and videotape – and included many prominent people in Fermanagh.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>Andrew Madden researched&nbsp;this sordid story for the Belfast Telegraph.&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>