THE mum of tragic Alesha MacPhail has hit out at Aaron Campbell ahead of his appeal today saying his argument that he is too young to be sentenced to 27-years is 'laughable'.

The teenager who abducted, raped and murdered Alesha MacPhail will appeal against the sentence later today.

He took the six-year-old from her bed at her grandparents' home on the Isle of Bute on July 2 last year.

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Alesha's mum Georgina Lochrane, above, said in a statement posted on Facebook: "As people will be aware the appeal takes place on Wednesday.

"We do not have any insight as to what the outcome will be on Wednesday and what will take place other than our prayers and hopes that our justice system does not fail Alesha or listen to his bulls**t.

"Claiming he (is) too young for this sentence it's an actual laughable argument, chancing his luck with everyone now and the system now has a chance to make an example of him and they better grasp it with both hands.

"On Wednesday all I ask is that no one shares his face only Alesha's. Do not give him anymore of the attention he craves because that is just what all this is about, attention. We stop giving him attention he will eventually just wither away to nothing or someone finally gets a hold of him and does us all a favour."

Glasgow Times:

Earlier this year, the now 17-year-old Campbell was found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow and handed a life sentence with a minimum of 27 years.

His appeal is expected to be heard before three judges at the Criminal Appeal Court in Edinburgh.

During the nine-day trial in March, he told the jury about how he would "never do something like that" when asked if he had killed Alesha.

But a friend had shown detectives messages he sent in 2017, saying he "might kill 1 day for the lifetime experience".

Campbell also tried to convince the jury he had sex with Toni McLachlan, the girlfriend of Alesha's father Robert MacPhail, on the night of the murder.

After carrying out the atrocity, Campbell exchanged messages with Ms McLachlan, who he later tried to blame for the crime, saying of the missing girl: "Oh damn am sure she's not went too far."

He later confessed the crime to those assessing him ahead of the sentencing, saying he was "quite satisfied by the murder".

Alesha, from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, had been staying with her family on the island during the summer holidays.

Following the discovery of her body it was Campbell's mother who called police in an apparent bid to eliminate her son from their inquiries.