Member's statement: Sarah Montgomery
Member's statement by Ms Connie Egan on .
- MLA
- Ms Connie Egan
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 30 June 2025
- Type
- Member's statement
- Business
- Members' Statements
- Heading
- Sarah Montgomery
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5042682
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Text
I wish to pay my condolences to the family of 27-year-old Sarah Montgomery, who was found dead in her home in Donaghadee over the weekend. The police have launched a murder investigation. This is an absolutely tragic loss. My thoughts, first and foremost, are with Sarah's loved ones, her family and, of course, her two little children, who now have to grow up without their mummy. Sarah was also pregnant at the time that she was killed. Her death is a horrendous and tragic loss, and I know that the people of Donaghadee are shocked by it. Tributes that have been left outside her home describe Sarah as beautiful, kind and a wonderful mother. I spoke to the police about the incident over the weekend. It is extremely important that they are given the time and space to investigate it fully. I urge anybody with information to come forward, contact the PSNI or reach out anonymously to Crimestoppers. Sarah was the twenty-seventh woman to have been killed in Northern Ireland since 2020. Our rates of violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland are shockingly high, and that is completely unacceptable. It needs to be a priority for our Executive and the whole House. We all have a role to play in preventing violence and abuse towards women in our society. I know that people in the local community are shocked by this incident, and we are all thinking of Sarah's loved ones at this time.
246 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.06 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.94).
- Subject area: Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups.
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.09 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.03 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.22 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.06 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.94 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.06 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.58 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.42 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 12:57 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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