Aaron Campbell was given minimum term of 27 years for rape and murder of six-year-oldAaron Campbell, the teenager who abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail on the Isle of Bute last July, has been granted leave to appeal against his 27-year prison sentence. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service confirmed on Tuesday that the appeal would be heard later this summer. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tributes to Alesha MacPhail left in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. Alesha, from Airdrie in North Lanarkshire, had arrived on the island a few days earlier for a three-week summer break. The appeal will be heard by three judges in Edinburgh on 7 August.

Source: The Guardian May 14, 2019 10:30 UTC