Aaron Campbell

[LordPickle]

I am glad that this monster has been named publicly. The idea that he would have been protected after murdering Alesha MacPhail made me sick. His picture is all over the news now.

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Clearly a severely damaged young man

Or just a bad one. Or both.

Its fair to waive anonymity.

It's not just the Sun. It was a group of press organisations that applied for reporting restrictions to be lifted.

I don't think the surname Campbell is unusual or distinctive enough to cause problems for his family should they choose to move.

I think it's right his identity was suppressed before the verdict.

And the the decision to name him was taken by a court.

I don't know what wee the arguments for lifting the ban, but at least they should have been proplerly heard and opportunity given for them to be challenged.

I don’t believe that any child is born “bad”.

People are damaged and become bad people.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/17452941.aaron-campbell-alesha-macphails-teenage-killer-revealed/

My issue is that he has now become the focus, rather than that poor wee girl.

His defence was appalling. Accusing the father’s girlfriend, who was named because she is 18.

I don’t believe that any child is born “bad”

Good for you. I disagree. There are genetic links to psychopathy, although obviously it is not something that is diagnosed until adulthood.

Genuine question - how does he get named, but Venables and whatever the other one was called, get lifelong anonymity? Who decides who gets exposed and who doesn't?

Let’s face it, the media outlets aren’t doing it out of some sense of altruism, fact is they want to sell papers.
But I agree he shouldn’t be afforded any protection.
I’m already seeing screenshots on social media detailing which unit he’s placed within the young offenders prison - he will receive enough protection at the taxpayers expense by being in there. As to what happens in there...I don’t care.

Everyone around here already knew who it was and I don't see why it was okay for him to try to pin it on someone else in court and name her but his own was some big secret.

Musicalmistress, I'm with you. Articles will now all be about him and she'll be sidelined. I think he should've been named on release. We don't need his name and photo to know that he's an awful human being and the publicity could get him beaten in prison leading to some sympathy and calls for reduced sentencing.

I don’t think he’s being named for a particular purpose, I think the default position is to name killers unless there’s a specific legal reason not to.

I have a 16 year old son. The thought of him doing anything like this horrifies me. I can’t imagine what both families are going through.

Few different reasons for anonyminity being lifted in the judges statement, including it only being 15 months till it would be lifted anyway and the fact that so many already know his identity. Plus it stated there already "was a price on his head".

I live in the area and how his name has been common knowledge since the very start. How he's survived long enough to actually end up in jail is a miracle.

I don’t think he’s being named for a particular purpose, I think the default position is to name killers unless there’s a specific legal reason not to.

I assumed this too. I mean I don't think the public really gains anything from knowing the name of Levi bellfield, Roy Whiting or Ian Huntley. It's just human nature to want to know what kind of person would commit a crime like this, I suppose, as it's not something the majority of us would ever dream of.

I though it was odd he was named because isn't he connected somehow to the family? I assumed the anonymity would continue to protect others.

I'm not sure it was necessary to name him anyway though, as others have mentioned, this will now become more about the murderer than the victim and that should never be the case.

He absolutely should be named as has been rightfully been decided in a court of law.

Katterinaballerina - same to you too, darling, since you're putting words in my mouth.

That girl's family situation - on her father's side - was a torrid mess. Class has nothing to do with it, but I'd bet my last penny that deprivation does. It's tragic that she was living in those circumstances, and doubly so that she died.

Oh and everything BUT the boy's name was published about the incident - so he was kept protected when all the details of her family were revealed, when they were the victims of the crime, not the perpetrators.

What came out about the girl's own family was hardly edifying.

*Her dad a 26yo weed dealer with a two year relationship with a woman who is now 18, and a domestic assault report against that same girlfriend?

That little girl didn't stand much of a chance.*

The fuck you talking about jesus his daughter is dead btw this shite is what got a thread deleted yesterday.

Genuine question - how does he get named, but Venables and whatever the other one was called, get lifelong anonymity? Who decides who gets exposed and who doesn't?

Manifestly Venables and Thompson haven't got lifetime anonymity, otherwise we wouldn't know their names. They were given anonymity under different names on their release to protect them from idiot vigilantes - also, perhaps, to help protect other young men with similar names. If or when Campbell is released, if he is still getting a lot of publicity he may get similar protection then.

Generally I'd agree that it makes no difference to anyone whether we know his name or not, but in this case it does seem to be helpful in order to stop short all the racists blaming the murder on refugees on the Isle of Bute.