I am glad this cut and dried case has been put to rest and I hope that finally all of Alesha's family members and loved ones can begin healing and moving forward with their lives knowing that justice has spoken and that the one and only person behind such an atrocious rape/murder has confessed to his brutal actions the night he mercilessly took an innocent's life.
Kudos to dedicated law enforcement and in depth investigations that rapidly identified the guilty suspect and apprehended him before there were more victims. Kudos to the killer's Mother for not trying to hide his possible involvement. I think it is wonderful that the accused confessed to his, and his alone, actions by confessing after having been unanimously found guilty by a jury of his peers and for finally providing an account, however accurate, of his actions that fateful night that he brutally raped and callously murdered Alesha.
May Alesha rest in peace knowing that the one and only perpetrator of her brutal rape and murder was apprehended early on and is now serving a "life sentence" for what he did to her and for what he stole from her beautiful family. My prayers go out to the MacPhails, and TM, and Rob and Genie and ALL those that were blessed and touched by such a young and beautiful innocent. My prayers also for the Isle of Bute, that the community as a whole can heal and move beyond this horrible and high profile crime that put their whole community under scrutiny and criticism.