AARON Campbell has been sentenced for the rape and murder of six-year-old Alesha MacPhail in Glasgow.
His sentencing hearing was the first ever in the UK to be live streamed.
BBC Scotland News provided live coverage of the proceedings at the High Court before Lord Matthews.
Alesha MacPhail murder: Evil Aaron Campbell sentenced to 27 years for rape and murder of six-year-old
The stream from the court began at the point of sentencing at around 11.30am.
Alesha's body was found in woods on the Isle of Bute on July 2 last year, hours after she was reported missing from the house her father shared with his parents and partner on the island.
Aaron Campbell sentencing: Teenager ADMITS raping and murdering Alesha MacPhail
Aaron Campbell was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow last month where a jury found him guilty unanimously following a nine-day trial.
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