UK - Alesha MacPhail, 6, raped & murdered, Ardbeg, Isle of Bute, Scotland, 2 Jul 2018 -*arrest* #2

[Alyce]

Radio Clyde News‏Verified account @RadioClydeNews 36s37 seconds ago

Alesha MacPhail's dad, Rab MacPhail has walked out of the courtroom.

 

[HayLouise]

Connor Gillies‏Verified account @ConnorGillies

Accused says Toni didn’t answer phone on night of Alesha’s disappearance but they “messaged on Instagram comments”. He alleges They then talked about meeting to “tap him one” in relation to smoking. He says they then met at the shelter.

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[bfin1995]

I'm sure I read somewhere that there was no instagram evidence of them being linked there.

If you read back the witness admitted that they couldn't say for certain as messages could have been deleted.

 

[L White]

I believe that there appears to be some confusion between blood evidence and DNA

Sea water would do a comprehensive job of removing DNA evidence....hence why bodies of water are such popular deposition sites for murderers.

Traces of blood could still exist on washed skin (proteins and enzymes) after washing but these too degrade over time.

Obviously a strangulation or asphyxiation would leave little or no blood evidence but MAY leave some contact DNA but this is not certain to happen

Also exposure to the elements would degrade the overall quality of evidence versus a body found indoors.

The focus on the discarded top i feel may be overanalyzing it.....i think that he would be well aware of the presence of cctv...thus in the naive and arrogant mind of his.....he thinks that wearing a top and then removing it would be sufficient to fool a viewer of the recording.

I also attribute the scattering around of evidence as another naive attempt to mislead..in his mind nobody would link items dumped in different places together

I feel that the evidence quite strongly points to a total lack of planning and a complete lack of criminal know how.

As with anything in life, despite being pretty inept he has had a measure of fortune....i believe that the lack of DNA at the mcphail property cannot really be viewed in any context without knowing exactly how the victim was removed from that property.
Who knows that he didnt manage to persuade her to walk out of the flat without any sort of struggle?
Who knows that she was not standing in the doorway as he approached?

All in all and taking what i have seen thus far
I feel that there is enough here to require a pretty spectacular defence performance in order to rescue him here.

I do not believe that this was calculating planned and carried out....much more an opportunist crime and with more efficient and conciencious policework this trial would have been an absolute formality.

But lets be fair here....when news of this crime first broke...who thought that we may be looking for a young boy as the offender?

I just hope that this case is resolved in a way that offers a crumb of justice for the helpless victim.

I agree, the way he is acting - blaming mum, father's GF smacks of someone out to hurt as many people as possible. Someone who will use his actions to upset other people for maximum effect.

 

[Gardenista]

Radio Clyde News‏Verified account @RadioClydeNews 36s37 seconds ago

Alesha MacPhail's dad, Rab MacPhail has walked out of the courtroom.

I don't blame him. Are he and TM still together?

 

[HayLouise]

Fraser Knight‏ @Fraser_Knight

Accused says he and Toni would communicate with each other by commenting on old Instagram photos. She left a comment on the night Alesha went missing saying “meet me at the shelter” across from where she was staying. Alesha’s dad walks out of courtroom.

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[Alyce]

Connor Gillies‏Verified account @ConnorGillies

Accused says Toni didn’t answer phone on night of Alesha’s disappearance but they “messaged on Instagram comments”. He alleges They then talked about meeting to “tap him one” in relation to smoking. He says they then met at the shelter.

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Ah, that explains the shelter search by forensics

 

[bronbaby]

Oh dear. Just from this I can tell already that I'll need to sit on my hands whilst he is on the stand.
Thanks again to everyone who is updating. I'll just read and not post!

I know how you feel. I mean did he just walk home naked?! (Eye-roll)

 

[GimmeAclueBlue]

It's a game where I imagine you take 2 tokes of the spliff and hold it in while the other does so then exhale when it comes around to you again.

Otherwise known as "keep it in" "2 toke hold" to name a few.
Quite common with youngsters thinking holding it in longer makes u more stoned

 

[Coconutmilk]

When was he meant to have had sex with TM in order for her to keep the condom? He was holding a party on night Alesha went missing so it obviously wasn’t then? The night before he was supposedly camping? Just when was this alleged event meant to have happened in order for her to keep his semen and evidence??

 

[AnnesCuthberts]

Fraser Knight‏ @Fraser_Knight

Accused says he and Toni would communicate with each other by commenting on old Instagram photos. She left a comment on the night Alesha went missing saying “meet me at the shelter” across from where she was staying. Alesha’s dad walks out of courtroom.

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Commenting on old photos seems like both a strange AND public way to communicate, especially when you're "friends-with-benefits".

 

[HayLouise]

Just to note, instagram comments would be public, so RM could possibly see these... With the exception of private profiles, or RM not using instagram.

 

[JosieJo]

Not that's it's any excuse at all ...just playing devils advocate...we have no idea what his mom was like

 

[Kikixxxx]

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Accused says he and Toni would communicate with each other by commenting on old Instagram photos. She left a comment on the night Alesha went missing saying “meet me at the shelter” across from where she was staying. Alesha’s dad walks out of courtroom

 

[angeldust]

Connor Gillies‏Verified account @ConnorGillies

Accused says he and Toni would message through Instagram

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Convenient considering prosecution. Said they couldn’t recover insta oh what a web we weave

 

[TaylorCallum]

Do you think RM might believe the affair?

 

[53J29]

You know what I think you're right. This seems to have turned out be another cliché story of an angry boy with resentment towards his mother taking out his anger on an innocent female victim.

Is she in the court room, are any of either families sitting through this?

 

[Taskforce88]

Its very possible they were having sex and doing drugs

 

[HayLouise]

Connor Gillies‏Verified account @ConnorGillies

Accused says the CCTV footage of him leaving his house can be explained because he was leaving to meet Toni. He says they met, had “a ” and then walked to a nearby location they had previously met at for sex.

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[TaylorCallum]

Is she in the court room, are any of either families sitting through this?

His mother isn't there. I'm not sure about any of the rest of the accused's family. Alesha's family are all there I believe, although a recent tweet said her dad just walked out of the courtroom.