GLASGOW: The “calculating and remorseless” teenager who raped and murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail has been locked up for at least 27 years as he admitted the crime.Aaron Campbell snatched Alesha from her bed as she slept at her grandparents’ home on the Isle of Bute last summer. He was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow last month where a jury found him guilty unanimously following a nine-day trial. Campbell finally admitted the crime in a psychological report prepared ahead of his sentencing on Thursday.Lord Matthews sentenced Campbell to life imprisonment and ordered him to spend at least 27 years behind bars before he can apply for parole, but warned he may never be released. The judge said social work and psychologist reports “had painted a clear picture of a cold, callous, calculating, remorseless and dangerous individual”.He said: “You went into the house and then her bedroom. You removed her from there and took her to a secluded spot where you violated and murdered her in the most brutal fashion. It is difficult to imagine the distress which her family must have suffered, not only when she went missing but when the awful news came in that she had been found dead.” He added Campbell had shown a “staggering lack of remorse” and told the teenager: “Not once did I detect a flicker of emotion from you”.Alesha’s mother Georgina Lochrane and other family members were in court for the sentencing. One woman sobbed and rushed out of the court room as Lord Matthews described what happened on the night of the murder. Campbell had been at a party drinking and went into the house where Alesha was staying looking for cannabis, and entered her bedroom. The court heard that the teenager had said he was “quite satisfied by the murder.” After the sentence was read out family members shouted “evil” and “beast” as Campbell was led down to the cells. Campbell inflicted horrific injuries on the schoolgirl before dumping her body in nearby woodland on July 2 last year.
03-22-2019, 09:10 AM
Teen jailed for 27 years over Alesha?s murder
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