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Islanders fearful of his name leaking out in case it prejudices his trial. Didn't push for his name."
That reads suspiciously like - the local police superintendent has read the establishment advice to keep their mouths shut for an ostensibly sensible reason but might,coincidentally suit the police objectives ??? |
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Probably a Known Wrong un with some sort of Previous .
Most Pedo sex cases will have offended earlier than the age of 16 ... |
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treetop may not be miles off
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I don't see that naming him prejudices a trial. It is simply the law that Under 18s are not named. After a conviction he will be named if the judge decides.
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no tobermory, it must be some sort of liberal conspiracy. It can't possibly be because under 18s are generally never named in Scottish courts.
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Evening all - Given that reporting restrictions have not yet been lifted, posters on here are either informed and stupid. or ill-informed and stupid. Please form two orderly queues according to your persuasion. You state that then re-post what you consider to be the offending remarks. So what is it for you? Informed and stupid maybe. |
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blackbarn has his own uninformed and stupid queue for fkn a-holes.
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So the trial now taking place and the toe rag who can't be named but everyone knows who he is has blamed Toni Louise McLachlan whose name is allowed to be plastered over the internet. Funny world we live in.
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Posy That's exactly what I thought when I read it.
Now she will have all eyes on her whilst he remains anonymous. At 16 he can join the army and be given a gun but he can't be named as a murder suspect. Fecked up world right enough. |
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why
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they already have got the person .
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Then I hope they keep him...for good!
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The father of a six-year-old girl whose naked body was found dumped in woodland has told a court he was watching porn with his girlfriend the night she disappeared.
Alesha MacPhail was found dead near a house where she was staying with family on the Isle of Bute in Scotland last July. A 16-year-old boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, denies taking her from her bed, raping and murdering her and is on trial at Glasgow High Court. Today her father Robert, 26, who split up with her mother Georgina when Alesha was just three months old, told a jury she had been staying with him at his parents's flat and he last saw her when he put her to bed with a Peppa Pig DVD and told her 'see you in the morning'. He then went to his room and watched porn with his girlfriend Toni-Louise McLachlan, and only learned Alesha was missing the next morning when his parents alerted him. Alesha's grandfather Calum MacPhail, 49, had to compose himself in court during questioning as he spoke about the last time he saw little Alesha. It was he who alerted the family to her being missing. The tearful grandfather told the court the last time he saw the girl was when she came in and jumped on his bed the night before she was discovered. He told the court her last words to him were: 'Goodnight, grandpa.' The next morning he got up for work at around 6am but could not find Alesha in bed. He alerted the family and told the court: 'We searched under beds, in wardrobes, but there was no sign of her anywhere.' The grandfather soon hit the streets of Bute to look for Alesha. He eventually spotted police tape at an area cordoned off. An officer was keeping guard at a stairs heading towards the island's former Kyles Hydropathic Hotel. Mr McSporran: 'Did you assume anything?' He said: 'On seeing a paramedic running up and down stairs, I assumed they had found something...Alesha or someone else.' Alesha's father also revealed to the jury he knew the accused and claimed he had previously sold him cannabis, telling the court he had sent him a Facebook message asking for drugs on the night in question. Mr MacPhail said the teenager was 'messaging him asking for drugs on the day she was abducted'. He said his daughter had been enjoying a summer holiday with her grandparents on Rothesay and had attended a party in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, before returning to the island. A series of messages were then sent by the accused to Mr MacPhail at around 1.39am, which the father said he was 'not aware of' until later in the day. Mr MacPhail added the teen had never been in the house but 'might have been at the front door of the flat'. He said: 'He sent messages from his Facebook account and he tried to call me. 'There was messages from him and his sister's accounts that night.' Asked if he received the messages while awake, sent around 1:39am on July 2 last year, Mr MacPhail replied: 'No, I wasn't aware of getting them at that time.' Mr McSporran said: 'Why would he contact you?' Mr MacPhail said: 'He wanted cannabis.' He admitted having sold cannabis to the accused's sister, but said he stopped selling drugs to the teenage boy three months earlier after intervention from the boy's mother. Mr MacPhail later recalled the moment he realised she was missing and said he had searched the taxi rank and ferry port with his girlfriend. His mother posted a message on Facebook asking for information, while Mr McPhail and his girlfriend went out on foot. The search came to an end when they saw an ambulance near the scene. The 16-year-old accused of Alesha's murder has lodged a special defence blaming Ms McLachlan for her death. It came after members of the jury were shown the horrific pictures of her body, with members of her family leaving the court before they were revealed. Photos also showed a kitchen knife and several items of male clothing, including a pair of men's boxer shorts, jogging bottoms and a hooded top, which were discovered near her body. Images showed an inside-out pair of men's grey jogging bottoms with a pair of men's boxer shorts inside. They were found on a stretch of shoreline a short distance from the place where Alesha's body was discovered. |
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Seems that even Bute has a disgusting chav population.For the life of me can't see why lowlife aren't put down at birth.
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All very murky.
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Heartbreaking, absolutely sickening that a little girl got murdered, just so upsetting
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So the front door was locked ? Key left in door ,not heard of any sign of breaking and entry ,not sure how the identity of the accused can be protected and think the law has already been broken by some media identifying who he accuses ,farse imo but let’s all play this stupid game a bit longer
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Just been reading what that little girl went through turns your feckin stomach, hope to god they get whats coming to them.
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Me too houseofpain, totally shocking
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Hows ya luck slip?
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I've been OK thanks, not winning much but a bit in front this year mate. I hope all goes well with you
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Horrendous boxing day to new year, had a six week break probably clawed back 10% OF losses last 7 days onwards and upwards hopefully, be lucky mate.
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Verdict is Guilty.
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Seems the mother of the boy put the police on to him. Also noticed her testimony didn't give the impression that what he had done was that shocking.
Makes you wonder what he had been up to before. |
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formality found guilty, his defence was worse than fulhams.
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He had no defence. I am glad he has been brought to justice.
He won't find life very nice in prison, that is for sure. Some will want to remove his goolies with no anaesthetic cannot say I blame them. |
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So sad what happened to Alesha...
It is a cruel world at times |
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People always assume someone will have a rough time in prison when it is much more likely he'll meet people in prison that understand his thinking and his desires(if that's what led him to the crime).
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There is a hierarchy in Prison...and sex criminals, especially child sex offenders, are at the bottom
Other prisoners justify their own crimes by inflicting hurt on them if they can The only help this man will get is being protected from this by the prison staff There is not a lot to understanding needed for his problem he is dangerous paedo, that it is |
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just my own opinion
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He will be attacked at some stage ...
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That poor child, totally heartbreaking what happened to her
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Might be like that in Germany, but here the regular crims would cut paedos up with blunt spoons.
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I've seen it done with my own eyes . Screws just look the other way for a couple of minutes
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Its the non-consent or under-age that makes it a crime. detravellar
Well it has to be under age or it would not be Paedophilia surely.. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() sexual attraction to children |
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rapists are not very high detraveller, just above child molesters
I knew someone whose brother was kept on remand in prison accused of rape, he got badly done over. He was also innocent of the rape as well and cleared. Unless someone is exceptionally tough it is best not to be imprisoned for any sex offence.. and even the toughest man would have trouble with a mob. |
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Press are applying to have anonymity removed allowing them to name him.
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Named....Aaron Campbell.
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