Alesha MacPhail was found naked lying face down in woodland near an abandoned hotel - as police hunted for her the murder suspect sent a selfie to friends and joked: 'Found the guy who's done it'
The teenager accused of raping and murdering six-year-old Alesha MacPhail sent a Snapchat selfie on the day police found her brutalised body with the message: 'Found the guy who's done it', a court heard today.
The Scottish schoolgirl was found naked and face down in an area of woodland on the Isle of Bute on July 2 last year with 117 separate injuries.
Today the trial of the 16-year-old accused of abusing her and killing her joked about her death in a social media post to 25 friends.
Giving evidence, a 16-year-old girl who was good friends with the accused, said Alesha MacPhail going missing was discussed in a Snapchat group chat of around 25 friends on the day she was found murdered.
She said the accused sent a video of himself filmed in a mirror showing his top half but not his face to the group, followed by the message 'found the guy who's done it'.
The witness said she thought it was a 'bad joke' but she later told the police when it emerged he had been arrested.
She also said he once claimed he might kill 'for the lifetime experience'.
The 16 year-old girl was in touch with him via Snapchat on the day Alesha had initially been reported missing.
She recalled: 'During the conversation, he started to get anxious and said police were going to blame it on him
'One thing I knew about him was that he got panic attacks.
'He said police were always blaming for stuff that happened in the area. I tried to calm him down.
'I told him to think logically and that only if had done something would he be arrested.'
Alesha's mother Georgina Lochrane (centre) arrives at Glasgow High Court for the trial of her daughter's alleged killer
The boy was later held by police and that it 'quickly became known' on Bute.
Police went on to speak to teenagers in the area.
The girl alerted officers about a chat she had with the boy on Facebook Messenger in January 2017.
She recalled: 'It was a conversation about crime documentaries or TV shows.
'I remember he said that he would kill for the lifetime experience.'
Jurors were shown the message.
Another read: 'I'd only kill you for reason so I'd probs go in your room anyways tryna get something and cover my tracks while I am at.'
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