THE boy accused of killing Alesha MacPhail has told a “pack of lies” as jurors were urged to convict him of murder.
Prosecutor Iain McSporran QC made the comment during his closing speech at the High Court in Glasgow.
Mr McSporran said the they had listened to “one of the worst cases” a jury has had to hear.
He added the evidence would provoke “revulsion” - but that jurors should not be swayed by emotion.
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The 16-year-old is on trial accused of abducting, raping and murdering Alesha last July 2 on the Isle of Bute.
In a near-hour speech, Mr McSporran said the court was dealing with an “extraordinarily important matter”.
But, he added: “The rape and murder of this girl is bound to attract emotion and revulsion, but that can play no part in the process.”
The court has heard Alesha suffered 117 injuries and that the girl had been “brutalised”.
Her naked remains were discovered in the grounds of the former Kyles Hydro Hotel on Bute on July 2.
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Mr McSporran said: “This must have been one of the worst cases to have come into as a jury to hear.”
He added it had involved “deeply disturbing and distressing” evidence as well as “dreadful” photos.
Mr McSporran spoke of how Alesha had been attacked adding: “It gives me no pleasure to have to speak in those terms.”
The teenager has pinned the blame on Toni McLachlan - the partner of Alesha dad Robert MacPhail.
It is claimed she effectively “planted” evidence to fit-up the teenager.
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The boy alleged sex with Toni on July 2 and that she must have taken a condom he used with her to put his DNA at the murder scene.
In evidence, he claimed he later told police of going for cannabis that morning, so no one would know about him and Toni being together.
But, Mr McSporran said: “He spun a yarn, a pack of lies. He has also told a pack of lies in the witness box.”
The boy had also claimed Toni may have been “fantasising” about harming Alesha.
The advocate depute said no one else had come up that suggestion.
But, he said the teenager had “more than enough time” that morning to carry out the crime.
Mr McSporran concluded by asking jurors to find the boy guilty adding there was a “mountain of evidence” against the teenager.
The trial continues.
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