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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He needs to be locked up for a very long time regardless.

Preferably, one or more of those early warnings would have been picked up on and interventions/treatment would have been started. Then this might never have happened.

Carrie I think it was planned, as he had said that he wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone. As I said, funny he didn't pick on a 23 stone 6 ft 3 rugby player.

I don't know if those press reports are true.

They have been published though.

What is POS?
It isn't in the abbreviations

Piece Of Shit.

"Knowing criminals' individual names seems to me to be largely useful for gossip and vigilant ism"

Do you not think that perhaps considerable weight is apportioned to the wishes of the victims family in a case like this?
I can't imagine they would have been in favour of anonymity.
Public knowledge could also be considered part of the justice system as a deterent too.
For many criminals that commit particularly heinous crimes this can be just as much of a punishment as the sentence they serve.
So I'm glad that his name has been released.
For the victims family and hopefully the added humiliation it bestows upon the perpetrator(if he's actually capable of normal human reactions)

Bullying, Luke Mitchell, convicted of murder at much the same age, is well and truly still in custody now and he's,about 31. Who do you think you are to second guess the sentence this boy will receive? I am so sick of you uninformed Daily Mail types pronouncing on sentencing policy knowing nothing, nothing at all about it.

This case makes me question the light touch approach to cannabis and violence available online

This boy’s brain was deeply damaged

By the way, many people feel that Luke Mitchell isn’t guilty of that awful crime

*Oh bloody hell, just when you think the mail can't get any worse, 'metrosexual' about a child rapist and murderer.

Reminds me of the constant need to make average looking and average iq Ted Bundy into some sort of suave, intelligent, movie star.*

I know - it’s revolting! Why? Why the need to venerate these disgusting individuals who would be decidedly below average in every respect were it not for their decision to kill someone brutally?

I agree Calledyou.

Lord Matthews has previously handed down the longest sentence ever in Scots law so I doubt he’ll be lenient in sentencing, although he may have some parameters to work within.

I also don’t think it’s likelt a high court judge of his considerable experience and calibre and who has presided over some of the most serious and high profile trials ever heard in Scotland is going to have been swayed by public opinion in making his ruling today.

He shouldn’t ever see the light of day again.

I can’t imagine what Aleshas parents are going through having to listen to the horrific details of how their daughter came to her death.

How can you even begin to live after that?

Hear hear, midsummer

I think it benefits all of us to see what a killer of this type looks like and who he is. This is a young good looking unassuming boy who looks like the type of kid you'd take home to meet the parents. Too many people still carry around an image in their heads of what a dangerous killer looks like. It's important that we all see that danger comes in many forms if we are to keep ourselves and our children safe and aware. I think we need to know as much as we can about what makes someone into a killer, what motivates them and how we can use our own instincts and knowledge to know when someone might pose a danger to us or our family. It's sad that this killer's family will have to carry round the stigma of what their son has done for the rest of their lives, but it's not a good enough reason to keep this killer's identity a secret if it can help us to understand better how these people develop into these dangerous monsters!

I feel that the law should be followed.

In this case, it was. The law allows anonymity to be lifted in exceptional circumstances. The intention of parliament in passing the legislation was surely that these circumstances must sometimes apply and anonymity therefore be waived. If Parliament had intended to to be otherwise, they’d have made the legislation so that it couldn’t be waived before 18 in any circumstances

By the way, many people feel that Luke Mitchell isn’t guilty of that awful crime

I think that is because he was convicted on circumstantial evidence rather than forensic evidence of which they had none.

Preferably, one or more of those early warnings would have been picked up on and interventions/treatment would have been started. Then this might never have happened

There is no treatment for psychopathic/anti social personality disorder, if this is what's wrong with him. Saying if it had been picked up on earlier just sounds as if its blaming professionals. So many people (naturally) looking for "reasons". Some people are just bad. And do bad things. But this will bring along someone screaming about damaged children etc etc. Society will never be free of people who murder others sadly.

His mother saw him on her cctv and reported hin thinking he might have saw something to help

I don’t think she thought he saw something to help. She must have known he was capable and reported it. Thank god she did but it must be awful for a mother to have to do that.

Please don’t say things like that about Luke Mitchell. He absolutely did it. It is disrespectful in the extreme to Jodi’s memory and family to suggest otherwise.

No-one is suggesting he didn't do it vinoandbrie. And it's a fact they had no forensic evidence, which proves how strongly they felt they had the right person.

totally agree vino, there is no real doubt that Mitchell killed Jodi Jones, it’s. just his mother who can’t except the verdict.

It's absolutely shocking - her poor family. Initially I thought he shouldn't be named but I've changed my view. He looks like anybody's teenage son, and it shows that evil doesn't have a 'look'.

I also feel very sorry for his mother. What a terrible thing to have to live with.

I feel for both mothers/families Both grieving over different losses. I can't imagine the pain of a murdered child or a murderer that is your child.

Awful all around.

"His mother saw him on her cctv and reported hin thinking he might have saw something to help"

I think the mothers suspicions were well and truly raised tbh. She may have said that she alerted the police with the intention that her son may have been able to help but I get the feeling this was just a front because she found it difficult to say what she truly believed.
The CCTV she passed on saw him enter the house and leave the house 3 times for considerable amounts of time changing clothes in the process and once with only a pair of shorts on and no shoes.
I'd imagine she had grave suspicions.