Chilling moment Paige Doherty murderer John Leathem smirks as he fondles a naked stripper in pub

SICK killer John Leathem laughs as he fondles a stripper and brands himself a PERVERT five years before murdering Scottish schoolgirl Paige Doherty.

Chilling footage has emerged showing Leathem, whose twin brother was a registered sex offender, enjoying a lap dance from a stripper in a pub.

Leathem appears to be tied up on the floor when the blonde woman shouts "put up your hand if he gets it!" to a crowd.

She then whips him with a piece of black leather as he shouts "yes!" over and over with pleasure in the disgusting clip.

Then he sits on a chair and gropes her bum as she wiggles it in front of him before jumping on top of him and putting her breasts in his face.

She quickly turns round and he grabs and fondles her breasts in front of the camera - smirking as as his friend calls him a "dirty b******."

The filthy antics continue as he appears in a mask and is dragged around the pub by the woman in a leash whilst his mates shout "you're a scumbag!"

Once the lap dance ends the person filming asks him "How does it feel you pervert?" to which he answers "I'm a pervert? You watched it you c****!"

Leathem, 32, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 27 years at the High Court in Glasgow today after pleading guilty to murdering Paige, 15.

The monster butchered the petite schoolgirl in a frenzied knife attack, stabbing her 61 times and leaving her with 146 knife wounds and 43 blows to her head and neck.

Monster Leathem's twin brother George spent time on the sex offender's register after sexually assaulting a woman in November 2004. He escaped prison after the savage attack where he put his hand over his victim's mouth and grabbed her breasts and buttocks.

Sicko John tried to justify his butchering of schoolgirl Paige Doherty by claiming his twin brother’s past had been a trigger.

His defence lawyer Ian Duguid QC previously said the schoolgirl, 15 had threatened to report John for molestation after he refused her a job at his Deli shop.

He then stabbed Paige 61 times.

Duguid said “He panicked.

“His twin brother was sentenced for a sexual offence in 2004 which involved him being placed on the sex offenders register."

“The comment alarmed him so much."

The vile excuse was rubbished by Judge Lady Rae in court today, who said that assertions saying Paige would say Leatham had touched her were unfounded.

Leathem’s lawyer told the court today there is no explanation for the killer’s actions,  and that “no-one could possibly” have predicted Leathem acting the way he did.

He added that Leathem had no history of anger – and that murdering Paige was “inexplicable” given his “pride and pleasure” in the community”. He told the court: “This is an individual acting so out of character…how ordinary he had been in his day to day life.”

The tragic teen was on her way to work after a sleepover at friend Lauren Stewart's house in Clydebank when she disappeared on March 19.

She was last seen buying a roll and sausage at killer Leathem's Delicious Deli before her body was found by passers-by in Clydebank two days later.

Dad of two Leathem was nailed by CCTV footage from outside the deli. It showed Paige entering the deli just after 8:20am on March 19. But the tragic teen didn't make it out alive.

Leathem grabbed a blade and struck after chatting to her about a job in his shop. He stabbed her 61 times, including 43 times to the head and neck.

A post-mortem found a further 85 cuts on her body described as "defensive in nature" - sustained as Paige tried to fight off her attacker.

Just ten minutes later Leathem pulled down the shutters of the deli, telling the owner of a nearby hairdressers "What a morning - the lassie didn't turn up.I had a nose bleed and I need to collect my car."

He then jogged towards his home nearby before returning in his silver Ford Focus to cover up the murder.

He bought bin bags and anti-bacterial wipes from the shop next door.

Five minutes later, he dumped Paige's body wrapped in a black bin liner in the boot of his car.

He then changed his trousers and bought bleach before going back to the shop - which remained open until 3:15pm that afternoon.

It's believed that Leathem initially moved Paige's body from his car to his garden shed.

The next day he treated his unsuspecting wife and young child to a family day out to Balmaha on the shores of Loch Lomond before dumping her corpse in the woods.

Meanwhile, Paige's mum Pamela Munro was frantic after reporting her daughter missing when she had failed to turn up for work.

At 6am on March 21, just two days after her murder, Leathem dumped Paige's remains in a wooded area less than a mile away, near Glasgow's Great Western Road, before opening his deli as usual.

Her body was discovered by two passers-by that morning.

Her mum, Pamela Munro, sobbed heavily and was consoled by her husband Andy when Leathem was handed his sentence this morning.

Surrounded by her family and friends, she paid tribute to her daughter outside the court after the hearing.

She said: “Today we see a monster put behind bars for the unthinkable, brutal crimes he committed against our daughter, Paige.

“A beautiful 15-year-old with her full life ahead of her with a massive family and group of friends left to carry on with her no longer here.

“There is no sentence high enough to justify what has happened but we can now say there is one less evil man in this world which then makes the world that bit more safer for our kids to grow up in.

“Paige is now safe and can finally rest in peace knowing justice has been served to a high standard.

“We would like to thank the public for the support over the last seven months without this support we might very nearly have given up the amazing comments and touching words gave us strength to carry on."

“All we can do as a family is take each day at a time, there is a huge piece missing in our family that can never be replaced.

“We are thankful for the 15 years we had with Paige from the kind and generous wee soul she was to the mature young woman she grew in to she may not be with us any more but she will live on through her brothers and sister and all the memories we share."

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