New Paige Doherty documentary to 'finally show truth' of what happened to murdered Scots teenager

April 2024 · 2 minute read

A TV documentary will shed new light on the murder of Scots teenager Paige Doherty.

Murder Next Door – which airs tomorrow night on Channel 5 – will use CCTV images to piece together the tragic final moments of the 15-year-old.

And the programme has the backing of Paige’s mother Pamela Munro.

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She said: “This will finally show the truth about what happened to our little girl.

“We lost Paige in the most cruel way.

“Murder Next Door will highlight how dangerous the world we are living in is and what can happen.”

Brave Pamela has previously offered to visit murderer John Leathem in jail to “look him in the eye” and ask “Why?”.

But the murderer has refused.

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Paige was killed near her home in Clydebank in an unprovoked frenzied knife attack by evil deli owner John Leathem who stabbed the 15-year-old more than 60 times.

She was stabbed in the head, face and neck in the attack in the back of his shop.

The married dad was sentenced to life in prison and ordered to serve a minimum of 27 years.

Following the launch of his appeal to have the sentence reduced, a ‘Justice for Paige’ Facebook page was set up to campaign against the proceedings.

But evil Leathem was still successful is having his sentenced reduced to 23 years.

Pamela shared graphic details of the injuries Paige sustained and described how her children feel scared to go anywhere in case “something like what happened to their sister happens to them”.

At the time of his conviction, Leathem claimed in his defence that he had taken Paige into the back office of his shop to discuss a job application.

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He claimed to have panicked after Paige allegedly threatened to make false accusations sexual assault.

But Judge Lady Rae said 'no evidence' had been presented to support this assertion.

The documentary, on at 10pm tomorrow night, is described as 'the investigation into the killing of 15-year-old Paige Doherty', who went missing on the way to her Saturday job in and whose body was discovered two days after she was reported missing.

The documentary looks back at the police investigation as detectives retrace the teenager's last steps, and reveals how CCTV proved crucial in solving the crime.

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