The 'evil' 16-year-old boy who abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail has finally admitted his crimes eight months later, it emerged today.
Alesha's body was found in woods on the Isle of Bute, hours after she was reported missing from the house her father shared with his parents and partner on the island.
Aaron Campbell was convicted at Glasgow High Court on February 21 when a jury found him guilty unanimously after a nine-day trial over her death on July 2 last year.
He had denied the murder, but his defence lawyer Brian McConnachie QC revealed at a sentencing hearing today that he has now admitted it in a social work report.
Aaron Campbell (left) was convicted last month over the death of Alesha MacPhail (right)
Alesha's mother Georgina Lochrane (centre) arrives at Glasgow High Court this morning
Alesha's mother Georgina Lochrane, 23, and father Robert MacPhail, 26, who previously called Campbell a 'f***ing scumbag', arrived separately at court today.
Meanwhile it also emerged that Campbell received more than £14,000 in legal aid - more than 13 times the amount of £1,300 that prosecutors spent on the case.
Campbell could not be identified during the trial due to his age but following his conviction judge Lord Matthews lifted a ban on revealing his identity.
The teenager took Alesha from the bed where she was sleeping and inflicted horrific injuries before dumping her body in woodland.
Alesha had 117 separate injuries and a pathologist's post-mortem examination indicated she had died from 'significant and forceful pressure to her neck and face'.
The court heard that Alesha was days into her summer holiday with father Robert MacPhail, 26, and grandparents Angela King and Calum MacPhail when she was snatched by Campbell, who tried to blame her father's girlfriend for the crime.
Alesha's father Robert MacPhail (centre) arrives at Glasgow High Court today with the girl's grandparents Callum MacPhail and Angela King for Campbell's sentencing
Miss Lochrane (pictured today) previously said her 'world had been ripped away' by the killer
Prosecutor Iain McSporran said he hoped the guilty verdict would remove any doubt that she could have been involved.
Alesha's mother Georgina Lochrane, 23, previously said her 'world had been ripped away' by the killer, whose crimes shocked an idyllic island community.
Her father Robert MacPhail, 26, shouted 'f***ing scumbag' as Campbell was led away to the cells in handcuffs last month, while other relatives broke down in tears.
Alesha had been three days into her planned three-week holiday at the time when she fell asleep watching Peppa Pig on July 1.
A nine-day trial at Glasgow's High Court heard how the boy went to Alesha's home looking to get cannabis from her drug-dealing father.
He broke into the three-bedroom flat and took the little girl from her bed, carrying her along a beach to woodland in the grounds of an abandoned hotel.
There, he raped and smothered her – inflicting the 'catastrophic' injuries. The next morning her grandfather Calum woke at 6am to find she was gone.
His partner Angela King posted on Facebook: 'Alesha has gone missing from our house please help look for her.'
Alesha's naked body was found face down in the woods at 8.54am by a member of the public.
Miss Lochrane – who lives 50 miles away near Glasgow – learned of her daughter's abduction and death from Miss King's frantic Facebook posts publicising her granddaughter's disappearance.
During his trial, the killer told a 'pack of lies' as he blamed the crimes on Toni McLachlan, the girlfriend of Alesha's father.
Forensic officers on the Isle of Bute in Scotland last July after officers discovered the body
A school photograph of Alesha MacPhail was placed among tributes last July after her death
Mr MacPhail, 26, and Miss McLachlan, 18, both admitted selling cannabis to Campbell, who was a family friend.
Defence lawyer Brian McConnachie QC arrives at Glasgow High Court this morning
Campbell, a heavy drinker who regularly smoked cannabis, said he and Miss McLachlan had been 'meeting up, having sex, smoking joints' for months – a claim she denied.
He alleged they had sex in a garage hours before Alesha was murdered and claimed Miss McLachlan had used DNA from the condom he had worn to frame him.
The court heard Miss McLachlan slept through two phone calls from the teenager at 2am the night Alesha was taken.
She then texted him upon finding out Alesha was missing, and he replied: 'Oh damn am sure she's not went too far.'
Prosecutor Iain McSporran QC previously said he hoped the guilty verdict would remove any doubt that Miss McLachlan could have been involved in the girl's death.
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