Tag: Aaron Campbell

Alesha MacPhail killer has sentence cut

The teenager who abducted, raped and murdered a six-year-old girl has had his 27-year sentence minimum sentence reduced. Aaron Campbell was 16 when he was sentenced to life for the murder of Alesha MacPhail on the Isle of Bute.  In August, his lawyer told the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh that the term was unnecessary…

Alesha MacPhail murder: Judge lifts ban on naming killer

The identity of the teenage boy who raped and murdered six-year-old Aleshia MacPhail has been revealed. The judge who presided over the trial has lifted a ban on naming 16-year-old Aaron Campbell. Judge Lord Matthews said: “I can’t think of a case in recent times that has attracted such revulsion.” After hearing the legal argument…