Man jailed for 20 years for murder of heavily pregnant mother-of-two
Evening Standard · Claudia Savage ·
Zak Hughes was also given a 20-year concurrent term for the destruction of Sarah Montgomery’s unborn child.
A man who beat to death heavily pregnant mother-of-two Sarah Montgomery in her flat in Donaghadee, Co Down has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years for murder and child destruction.
Zak Hughes, 29, from Ardglen Place in Belfast, pleaded guilty earlier this year to the murder of Ms Montgomery, 27, in June 2025.
He was the father of Ms Montgomery’s two young girls and the unborn child who died in the attack.
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