YouTube has removed a channel set up by the teenager who murdered Alesha MacPhail.
Aaron Campbell uploaded a series of video clips to the site which showed him playing video games and demonstrating his parkour skills on a trampoline.
However the video streaming giant has decided to take down the videos created by Campbell as a mark of respect for his six-year-old victim and her family.
Campbell, 16, is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of killing Alesha on the Isle of Bute last year.
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YouTube confirmed that, while the videos in question were not in breach of its user rules, it had decided to remove them from the platform.
A spokesman said: “Given the recent conviction, we’ve removed the channel from YouTube. Our hearts go out to the victim and her family, and we wish them peace in this incredibly difficult time.”
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Campbell’s identity was revealed after the judge who presided over the trial reversed the court order which had protected his identity because he was under 18.
Media outlets made a legal bid to lift the ban after Campbell was found guilty of abducting, raping and murdering the six-year-old schoolgirl.
Judge Lord Matthews told how the teenager had commited some of the "wickedest, most evil crimes this court has ever heard".
He is due to be sentenced next month.
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