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

[Alyce]

She claims she watched it for signs of Alesha. Surely you'd start from the present time and rewind backwards for possible sightings. It's entirely possible it just seems bizarre she doesn't see the footage just minutes later of her son leaving with a torch despite the claims she viewed the CCTV to try and find any sightings of Alesha.

I'm a bit late to this case and have only just fully caught up including the defence. Can't believe how laughable it is, especially the condom bit, like something out of a movie! I'm amazed he hasn't just plead guilty unless the defence have something up their sleeve.

Exactly this

 

[Rhenish]

She claims she watched it for signs of Alesha. Surely you'd start from the present time and rewind backwards for possible sightings. It's entirely possible it just seems bizarre she doesn't see the footage just minutes later of her son leaving with a torch despite the claims she viewed the CCTV to try and find any sightings of Alesha.

I'm a bit late to this case and have only just fully caught up including the defence. Can't believe how laughable it is, especially the condom bit, like something out of a movie! I'm amazed he hasn't just plead guilty unless the defence have something up their sleeve.

Yes, you have a really good point.

 

[HayLouise]

15:11

Witness' CCTV captured 'figure carrying something on back'

Witness Alexander McLachlan tells the court his home security system saw a figure walking past his house which appeared to look like they were carrying something on their back during the night Alesha MacPhail was killed.

Mr McLachlan said he checked it for any sign of the missing girl.

The footage from 2.26am that morning is played to the court.

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

 

[Taskforce88]

15:11

Witness' CCTV captured 'figure carrying something on back'

Witness Alexander McLachlan tells the court his home security system saw a figure walking past his house which appeared to look like they were carrying something on their back during the night Alesha MacPhail was killed.

Mr McLachlan said he checked it for any sign of the missing girl.

The footage from 2.26am that morning is played to the court.

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

I seem to remember mention of CCTV that showed the accused walking past carrying a 'body'. Was this possibly it?

 

[HayLouise]

James Matthews‏Verified account @jamesmatthewsky

Asked if he formed an impression as to what was being carried, Alexander McLachlan says, by that time, he knew there was a child missing and he presumed it was somebody carrying a child

 

[neteditor]

It's called first light but there's so little light at that point that it's still essentially pitch black dark, there wouldn't be anywhere near enough light coming through the window for you to see properly.

My personal speculation is that he turned the light on at the end of his shower to check for traces of blood in the shower (presumably it was blood being showered off).

At that time of year (close to midsummer) in the north of Scotland it actually hardly gets dark at all.

 

[HayLouise]

Fraser Knight‏ @Fraser_Knight

Prosecution ends by asking what Mr Mclachlan saw the figure carrying. “At that time I knew there was a child missing so I presume it might be somebody carrying a child” he says.

 

[LittleMystery]

The accused’s mother said she awoken at 7.20am to shouting in the street.

She said it was people looking for Alesha MacPhail.

After checking the back garden she woke up her son and asked if he knew anything about Alesha’s disappearance.

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

Court hears Alesha’s dad’s girlfriend tried to call the 16 yr-old back at 6.29am but no answer.

The 16 yr-old accused then messaged her at 9.01am saying, “doesn’t matter ”

Court has heard before that the 16 yr-old accused had also tried to contact Alesha’s dad that night.

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If these timings are correct. When TMc messaged him back post the 9.01am message from him saying ‘doesn’t matter’, to say ‘look out for Rab’s daughter’ - his mum had allegedly already woken him up after 7.20am to ask.

Yet, it seems he acted to TMc like he didn’t already know.

 

[Alyce]

updated timeline

10 pm : Alesha in living room area of house - put to bed by RM with dvd
unspecified time : TM goes to bathroom, then goes to Alesha room, closes door fully
12 midnight or just after : grandmother hears Alesha call out for Peppa Pig
12.22 am : Suspect and mother have argument at suspect's home
12.30 am : Suspect's friends leave his house, suspect's 14 yr old sister accompanies them
01.39 am Suspect texts or Facebook call to RM
01.47 am Suspect / or his sister / or suspect using sisters Facebook account - calls TM
01.54 am Suspect leaves his home, wearing jog pants, trainers , hoodie. Walks in direction of Rothesay and goes past Alesha grandparents home
02.26 am cctv ( Mr McLachlan home ) spots figure walking past his house - shore line - with something on their back. When later asked, Mr McL says he presumed it was somebody carrying a child.
Time - assume close to 02. 26 am - cctv footage from home of Shari Strathie, who lives 2 doors down from Mr McLachlan.Footage shows movement along the shoreline. She says to her, it looks like a figure walking past her house carrying another person.“You can see the legs hanging down and moving” she says.
03.35 am Suspect returns to his home - from a different direction - accesses his house by jumping over back wall. Does not have hoodie with him.
03.35 to 03.44 m. bathroom light is switched on during this time, presume suspect is having shower
03.45 am suspect leaves his home, wearing only shorts , no shoes, carrying what appears to be a black tee shirt
03.52 am suspect returns home
03.58 am suspect leaves home, fully clothed, running, with a torch
04.07 am suspect returns home, now walking

 

[HayLouise]

James Matthews‏Verified account @jamesmatthewsky

Court is shown cctv footage from home of Shari Strathie. Shows movement along shoreline. She says to her, it looks as if they’re carrying something at the front, with the legs down.

bbm

 

[HayLouise]

Fraser Knight‏ @Fraser_Knight

Another witness who lives two doors down from Mr Mclachlan also shows CCTV footage to the court illustrating a figure walking past her house, apparently carrying another person. “You can see the legs hanging down and moving” she says.

 

[SJ16321]

At that time of year (close to midsummer) in the north of Scotland it actually hardly gets dark at all.

You learn something new every day as the saying goes! I knew that was the case in some places but I didn't think Bute would be far enough North for that to be the case there.

 

[HayLouise]

15:29

More CCTV of 'figure' at the shore is shown to the court

CCTV footage from home of Shari Strathie, who lives two doors down from Mr McLachlan is shown to the court.

The footage shows movement along the shoreline.

She says to her, it looks like a figure walking past her house carrying another person.

“You can see the legs hanging down and moving” she says.


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

 

[LittleMystery]

Just an observation, but there sure is a lot of homes with CCTV in Rothesay.

 

[neteditor]

You learn something new every day as the saying goes! I knew that was the case in some places but I didn't think Bute would be far enough North for that to be the case there.

I've never lived further north than the Central Belt and it was certainly the case there and Bute would be a bit further north still. It's like twilight most of the night. You'd get a good month of that either side of 21st June.

 

[chimpface]

Just an observation, but there sure is a lot of homes with CCTV in Rothesay.

Thank god eh?

 

[Bluedaisy100]

Doesn't it seem most likely that he took Alesha to the beach straight from her bed? Did the deed there and subsequently moved the body to the location where she was found. If he was seen carrying a body or unconscious child on his back at 2:26 away from the beach heading north to where the body would be later found. He went back and forth so quickly looking to clean up the area where he molested and killed her on the beach. So the short distance alive to the beach, the longer distance dead or unconscious. Where is the police station skip where he disposed of clothing?

 

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[SJ16321]

Just an observation, but there sure is a lot of homes with CCTV in Rothesay.

I was about to say the same. For somewhere described earlier as a "leave your doors open" type place there seems to be an awful lot of home CCTV.

 

[neteditor]

Doesn't it seem most likely that he took Alesha to the beach straight from her bed? Did the deed there and subsequently moved the body to the location where she was found. If he was seen carrying a body or unconscious child on his back at 2:26 away from the beach heading north to where the body would be later found. He went back and forth so quickly looking to clean up the area where he molested and killed her on the beach. So the short distance alive to the beach, the longer distance dead or unconscious. Where is the police station skip where he disposed of clothing?

BBM - Pathologist evidence stated the injuries were caused where she was found, not at the beach.