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Accused messaged Alesha's dad on the morning of her disappearance
A Facebook appeal by Alesha’s gran lead to locals joining the hunt, the court heard.
Alesha’s dad Robert MacPhail then became of an ambulance in the area with police also on the scene.
Mr McSporran, prosecuting, asked Robert MacPhail: “You and your dad were desperately trying to get information?”
Robert: “Yes.”
The prosecutor: “At some point, were you told your daughter had been found?”
He replied: “Yes.”
Mr McSporran: “Not un-naturally you reacted badly.”
Robert: “Yes.”
The advocate also asked: “Do you understand how Alesha could have left the house without you being aware of it?”
He replied: “No.”
Robert later told how he knew the boy charged with murdering his daughter.
He said: “I used to sell him cannabis.”
Robert said he was “not sure” when it started, but that it ended when the boy’s mum asked him to stop.
Jurors were told the boy had apparently got in touch with Robert in the early hours of July 2 - the day Alesha was found dead.
Mr McSporran: “What
reason would he have had to contact you that morning?”
Robert: “
Wanting cannabis.”
Brian McConnachie, defending, later quizzed Robert about the morning of the search.
The QC said: “Was it pandemonium looking in the house then rushing out looking for her.”
He replied: “Yes.”
Alesha was found dead on July 2 2018 (Image: Facebook)
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