They sentenced a teenager who brutally raped and murdered a girl for life

Scottish justice has allowed the press to reveal the identity and photographs of , the teenager sixteen years found guilty of raping and murdering the little girl Alesha MacPhail, six, in July of last year on the island of Bute.

On July 2, 2018, Alesha disappeared while she was spending the holidays with her father and her paternal grandparents on the small island of Bute (western Scotland), where her seven thousand inhabitants frequently live. leave the keys in the doors of the house, something that Campbell took advantage of to spend the night with the girl.

Alesha suffered 117 wounds, was violated and died because of one Strong pressure applied on your face and neck.

Her body was found in the forest a few hours after the family reported the disappearance and the researchers discovered many DNA samples of the convicts.

After this Thursday, after nine days of trial, a Glasgow court unanimously sentenced Campbell to life sentence for rape and murder For the girl, some British media asked the judge to lift the ban to reveal his identity by being under the age of 18 years.

Magistrate Lord Matthews spoke in favor of the measure, saying that the brutality of the crime justifies that the press can spread its name and its images.

"I think it would be naïve to think that the publication of his name will change the way he will be treated in detention. attracted such repulsion lately, "Lord Matthews said.

The media lawyer claimed that the murderer's name appeared on the social media since the events and that he was residing in the community. the public interest to be able to reveal this data, because of the nature of the crime.

Campbell's legal representative pointed out that the person involved had a history of depression, anxiety and self-harm, and that the existence of this information on the Internet was not a reason to cancel the ban that protects minors.

The event shocked Scottish society by the "bestial way ", in the words of the prosecutor Iain McSporran, in which the girl was murdered.