Murder of Paige Doherty

Paige Doherty was a 15-year-old student from Clydebank, Scotland who went missing on 19 March 2016. The search for her began after she failed to arrive at her weekend hairdressing job in Kirkintilloch, 12 miles away. Her body was found on the roadside near Glasgow's Great Western Road two days after she disappeared. Doherty had been stabbed 43 times in the head and neck and suffered more than 150 wounds.[1] The last sighting of her was on CCTV at a deli shop in Clydebank, owned by John Leathem, who later admitted to murdering Paige Doherty.[2] Doherty's mother, Pamela Munro, set up a charity in her daughter's name to teach children self defence, to prevent murder.

John Leathem claimed that Paige threatened to tell people that he had "touched her" inappropriately, if he refused to give her a job.[1]

On 12 October 2016, 7 months after Doherty's murder, Leathem was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow, where judge Lady Rae set a minimum time of 27 years in jail before becoming eligible to apply for parole.[3] However in February 2017, following an appeal by Leathem, the minimum term was reduced to 23 years.

References

  1. 1 2 Wheastone, Richard; Jones, Stephen (5 September 2016). "Paige Doherty murder: Deli owner says why he stabbed 15-year-old 146 times claiming 'she threatened to say he touched her'". Mirror. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Man who killed Paige Doherty in 'frenzied' knife attack jailed for life". 12 October 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ Eleftheriou-Smith, Loulla-Mae (17 January 2017). "Paige Doherty's mother posts graphic reminder of murdered teenager's injuries as killer appeals sentence". Independent. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
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