Sex, lies and video tape: Julie McGinley and the murder of husband Gerry McGinley
4/29/202624 min
On a spring morning in June 2001, an eight-year-old girl gathers moss for her grandmother’s hanging baskets in a forest near Ballinamore in Co Leitrim.
The child lets out a scream, she had discovered a body. The remains belonged to Enniskillen businessman Gerry McGinley and it was clear that he been murdered.
He had been killed by his own wife Julie and her lover - in fact, they were already in custody over it.
But it wasn’t a simple tale of adultery. It involved hotel sex with strangers, lies, blackmail and videotape – and included many prominent people in Fermanagh.
Andrew Madden researched this sordid story for the Belfast Telegraph.
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[suspenseful music] A spring morning in June 2001. An eight-year-old girl gathers moss for her grandmother's hanging baskets in a forest near Ballinamore in County Leitrim. The child lets out a scream. She had stumbled upon a body. The remains belonged to an Enniskillen businessman, Gerry McGinley, and he had clearly been murdered.
Andrew Madden· Guest0:24
Gerry McGinley was 34 years old. He had been missing for 10 months, but even at this stage, police already had a fair idea... Well, they had a fair idea that he had been killed, and they had a fair idea who had done it.
Speaker 0· Host0:38
He had been killed by his own wife, Julie, and her lover. But it wasn't a simple tale. It involved sex, lies, blackmail, and videotape, and include many prominent people in Fermanagh.
Andrew Madden· Guest0:50
It probably would have never came out if the murder never happened, and if these people, I suppose, had kept paying the blackmail money.
Speaker 0· Host0:59
Andrew Madden has been researching this sordid story for the Belfast Telegraph. Andrew, you're very welcome to The Bell Tale.
Andrew Madden· Guest1:05
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 0· Host1:05
This is a story, I think, once we begin to talk about it- Mm-hmm ... then people will begin to remember. It was- Yeah ... it was a very, very high profile. It was 25 years ago. It was a very, very high profile case. There was a lot of talk about it, and there's been a lot of lines written about it since.
Andrew Madden· Guest1:20
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 0· Host1:20
However, other people will have completely forgotten about it. So let's start, I think, when the body was found.
Andrew Madden· Guest1:27
Okay.
Speaker 0· Host1:27
A child finds the body.
Andrew Madden· Guest1:28
Yes. So