By Mark Duell for MailOnline
Published: 15:45 GMT, 21 March 2019 | Updated: 16:23 GMT, 21 March 2019
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The sentencing of Alesha MacPhail's killer Aaron Campbell was broadcast live online today in what was believed to have been the first case of its kind in the UK.
Judge Lord Matthews's sentencing remarks were shown live on the BBC News and Sky News TV stations and websites from Glasgow High Court this morning.
Previous sentencings in Scotland shown live include that of Alexander Pacteau, who murdered student Karen Buckley. Sky News were permitted to broadcast his 23-year jail sentence live from the courtroom in 2015.
But today's life sentencing of Campbell is believed to be the first time this has been live-streamed onto a website.
Aaron Campbell (left) was sentenced over the death of six-year-old Alesha MacPhail (right)
But today is thought to have been the first time a sentencing has been live streamed. Courts across the country do not normally allow cameras inside.
It is believed that the BBC applied for permission to broadcast the remarks live from court.
