Daily Mirror

Judge lifts the ban on revealing identity of evil lad who raped and murdered girl, 6

- BY AMY-CLARE MARTIN

nonchalant­ly answering questions as he carefully adjusted his hair.

Campbell repeatedly declined offers to take a break during his evidence, saying he was prepared to carry on.

He constantly protested his innocence and even blamed the death on an innocent woman, Toni McLachlan, 18, the partner of Alesha’s dad.

Campbell did not flinch when harrowing images of Alesha’s injuries were shown during the trial.

The killer’s identity had been kept from the public because of laws preserving the anonymity of under18s involved in court cases.

Campbell’s lawyer WARPED Aaron Campbell argued that the murderer should not be named because of “credible” informatio­n suggesting there was a “price on his head”.

But Tony Graham QC, THE monster who abducted, raped and murdered little Alesha MacPhail can be named as Aaron Campbell.

A High Court judge who lifted reporting restrictio­ns protecting the identity of the 16-year-old killer said he could not think of a case that had “attracted such revulsion”.

It can now be revealed Campbell lived up the road from six-year-old Alesha’s grandparen­ts on the Isle of

Bute where she was snatched and murdered.

The cat-torturing killer was obsessed with violent video games.

Self-obsessed Campbell would also post videos online showing himself performing flips on his trampoline. On the witness stand he subjected Alesha’s family to two hours of lies.

He appeared to relish giving evidence, acting on

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