Alesha's body was found in woods on the Isle of Bute, hours after she was reported missing from the house her father shared with his parents and partner on the island.
Aaron Campbell was convicted at Glasgow High Court on February 21 when a jury found him guilty unanimously after a nine-day trial over her death on July 2 last year.
He had denied the murder, but his defence lawyer Brian McConnachie QC revealed at a sentencing hearing today that he has now admitted it in a social work report.
Alesha's mother Georgina Lochrane, 23, and father Robert MacPhail, 26, who previously called Campbell a 'f***ing scumbag', arrived separately at court today.
Meanwhile it also emerged that Campbell received more than £14,000 in legal aid - more than 13 times the amount of £1,300 that prosecutors spent on the case.
Campbell could not be identified during the trial due to his age but following his conviction judge Lord Matthews lifted a ban on revealing his identity.The teenager took Alesha from the bed where she was sleeping and inflicted horrific injuries before dumping her body in woodland.
Alesha had 117 separate injuries and a pathologist's post-mortem examination indicated she had died from 'significant and forceful pressure to her neck and face'.
The court heard that Alesha was days into her summer holiday with father Robert MacPhail, 26, and grandparents Angela King and Calum MacPhail when she was snatched by Campbell, who tried to blame her father's girlfriend for the crime.
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