The prison sentence for the teenager who abducted, raped and murdered Alesha MacPhail has been reduced by three years.
Aaron Campbell took the six-year-old from her bed at her grandparents' home on the Isle of Bute on July 2 last year.
The now 17-year-old was found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow and handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 27 years.
On Tuesday three judges ruled the sentence should be reduced to 24 years.
Alesha’s mum Georgina Lochrane previously described the appeal as “laughable”.
The killer’s solicitor Brian McConnachie told the appeal that the day of his release "may never come" but said the minimum punishment was "excessive and amounts to a miscarriage of justice" due to his age.
Mr McConnachie told the three judges at the start of the appeal: "It was clearly an appalling and heinous crime.
"The outcome of this appeal will not determine when, or indeed if, the appellant is allowed release."
Campbell will now be 40-years-old when his release can be considered for the first time.
