UK - Alesha MacPhail, 6, raped & murdered, Ardbeg, Isle of Bute, Scotland, 2 Jul 2018 -teen arrested

[HayLouise]

Reposting this:

Accused’s mother told court she waited for her friend to come home from work. Friend said you’d better call police and then the mother did. Said they were trying to explain to accused son whoever did this would have left DNA. Said son didn’t understand what DNA was

James Matthews on Twitter

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[Joannieanderson]

Is "at his backside" a slang phrase?

Yeah!! We used to get in trouble for not tidying up and leaving our stuff at our backside for mum to clean up lol

 

[Alyce]

Reposting this:

Accused’s mother told court she waited for her friend to come home from work. Friend said you’d better call police and then the mother did. Said they were trying to explain to accused son whoever did this would have left DNA. Said son didn’t understand what DNA was

James Matthews on Twitter

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Interesting. Presumably he had educated himself by the time the police came to his house, when he said, if you dont believe me, you can have my DNA

 

[Taskforce88]

Is "at his backside" a slang phrase?

Means he just dumped it on the floor etc

 

[Taskforce88]

Would the 7 mins be enough to travel to the location and back home?

I'm trying to geolocate the house featured in the youtube videos.

 

[Alyce]

Would the 7 mins be enough to travel to the location and back home?

I'm trying to geolocate the house featured in the youtube videos.

Which location ?

 

[Alyce]

Slightly different wording here, but same message BBM

The accused's mother, who reported her son to police for “suspicious behaviour” at the time of the murder, told the police purely because she thought her son could have been a helpful witness.

She said: “Obviously I didn’t think he had anything to do with this whatsoever.

“It was to eliminate him from their enquiries.”

Mother of Alesha MacPhail murder accused saw son 'leave house twice and shower'

 

[HayLouise]

Fraser Knight‏ @Fraser_Knight

CCTV shown to court from accused’s house on 2nd July: 1.54am - accused’s leaves house in black hoody 3.35am - accused returns home, without hooded top 3.44am - bathroom light turns on 3.45am - accused leaves house in just shorts, carrying what appears to be a ‘black t-shirt’

Fraser Knight‏ @Fraser_Knight

Prosecution says more footage to be seen after the court breaks for lunch.

 

[JosieJo]

It didn't say he returned without trousers ..so how did they get to the crime scene? Unless he took a spare pair

 

[HayLouise]

13:04

Court is shown CCTV footage

The court is then shown footage of a person arriving back at the house at 3.35am.

The mother of the accused says she assumes it’s her son.

He jumps over wall and enters rear of house.

He is no longer wearing a hoody.

CCTV shows the bathroom light coming on.

Footage shows the accused leaving the property again wearing just shorts.

Alesha MacPhail's body had 117 injuries - but her bare feet were unmarked

 

[Edinlass]

Is "at his backside" a slang phrase?

Yeah, my mum used to say this to me all the time. ‘Sick of you leaving everything at your backside’. Basically not tidying up after oneself

 

[Alyce]

It didn't say he returned without trousers ..so how did they get to the crime scene? Unless he took a spare pair

Trousers were not left at the crime scene - they were found on the beach

 

[Edinlass]

Interesting. Presumably he had educated himself by the time the police came to his house, when he said, if you dont believe me, you can have my DNA

Ah, of course!

 

[embro68]

It seems like a very short time to change so many lives in such a huge way.
Nothing I've read there confirms if he returns with anything in his hand when he left the 2nd time ie the tshirt, or clearly not having his phone - discrediting his story about looking for his phone as he had his phone to send messages to TM a few hours later.
Perhaps the tshirt was used to hide the knife from cctv.
Does seem odd that he returned and put the bathroom light on and left again so quickly.

 

[JosieJo]

Trousers were not left at the crime scene - they were found on the beach

Yes remember now .. wonder how and why

 

[HayLouise]

Alesha MacPhail murder trial: Pathologist who examined girl said she had 117 injuries on her body

 

[MrsWatson]

Not commented much (if at all) on this case, but I've been following along faithfully here. Thank you all for the running updates, much appreciated.

"Didn't understand DNA. "

Bingo.

 

[Joannieanderson]

Would the 7 mins be enough to travel to the location and back home?

I'm trying to geolocate the house featured in the youtube videos.

Long enough to dispose his clothes in the skip at the police station .

 

[Caroclaud]

Where was the hoody found?

And I would have thought the pathologist would discuss DNA if Alesha was raped, or would that be a different specialist?

Does the fact she was raped not then rule out TM being responsible?

 

[JosieJo]

Long enough to dispose his clothes in the skip at the police station .

Did they say he didn't return with hoodie on first outing ?