Luke Mitchell - The other reported knife assaults on girls.

[faithlilly]

He was such a charmer. You want to hear Sandra Lean attempt to make out he was such a gentle innocent child in tonights Facebook live broadcast.  She could flog oil to the Arabs.

Am I wrong in thinking that you knew him and supported him at one time, so he couldn’t be all bad?

[John]

I’m a wrong in thinking that you knew him and supported him at one time, so he couldn’t be all bad?

No your not wrong. That was before I studied the facts and evidence. I couldn't comprehend a young child of 15 doing such a ghastly crime but the evidence took me in another direction.

I freely concede that the case is far from watertight though!  If he didn't do it then he must be the unluckiest guy ever and I feel for him and his family but but but... his version of events just don't add up.

Why did Shane drop him in it?

[Nicholas]

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“When he was 12, Mitchell had used a knife to threaten the daughter of a family who were guests in the Mitchell house. He had climbed onto her bed, held the knife to her throat and asked for a kiss.

This is not normal behaviour

[faithlilly]

No your not wrong. That was before I studied the facts and evidence. I couldn't comprehend a young child of 15 doing such a ghastly crime but the evidence took me in another direction.

I freely concede that the case is far from watertight though!

But didn’t you support him for quite some time and after the court case when most of the details we know now, such as the family’s weird behaviour after Jodi’s death, would have been known? Genuinely interested.

[John]

This is not normal behaviour

It was definitely a warning.

[faithlilly]

It was definitely a warning.

It’s certainly strong evidence that Luke had violent tendencies. So did the witnesses testify in court?

[Venturi Swirl]

It’s certainly strong evidence that Luke had violent tendencies. So did the witnesses testify in court?

Would they have been allowed to? 

[WakeyWakey]

Would they have been allowed to?

extract from article in Daily Mail 22nd January 2005.

Byline: GRACE MCLEAN

Miss van Nuil regrets not telling her parents Angela, 39, and Bill, 55, about the attack until after the murder.

She said: 'I never knew Jodi but when I found out Luke was her boyfriend I knew straight away that he had done it. I told my dad what happened in the cadet hut and he called the police.

'They came around and took hours of statements but I was never called to court.

[John]

extract from article in Daily Mail 22nd January 2005.

Byline: GRACE MCLEAN

The sad thing is that Jodi might have been spared had this girl spoken up.

[DanniCash]

I even provided details to Luke's defence way back in 2004 of a guy who actually confessed to the killing and had the means, motive and opportunity to have done so.  He also had a history of attacking young women and was in the habit of cycling around country lanes looking for potential victims. As recently as last year his new lawyers approached me for this same information.

There certainly is suspicion that others may have been involved and at least one young hooligan and a member of the Jones extended family was forced out of the area after being linked to the murder by his actions after the event.

The overriding fact in the case however is that Mitchell, dressed in his green Bomber jacket and black t-shirt, was seen and identified just yards from the murder scene by two women at 5.42pm which was a matter of 27 minutes after Jodi's murder.  Mitchell was later seen a short distance further along that same road by several witnesses.

Someone confessed? Are they a viable suspect at all? I'm assuming this is someone other than who Corinne claimed had confessed on JE podcast?

Is this a member of the family who was named in the show?

Also Corinne/Lean say Luke didn't own a jacket, she bought it for him after the murder - is that a lie?

[John]

Someone confessed? Are they a viable suspect at all? I'm assuming this is someone other than who Corinne claimed had confessed on JE podcast?

Is this a member of the family who was named in the show?

Also Corinne/Lean say Luke didn't own a jacket, she bought it for him after the murder - is that a lie?

This guy AR was caught and prosecuted. He used to cycle all around the area with a rape kit, he had some learning difficulties. I got wind of the confession and passed it to Luke to pass to Findlay.  I understand the police followed up on it.

And no, he's not connected to the Jones family. He was mentioned by name on the show tonight though.

I know Corinne bought Luke a jacket after the murder, what he wore beforehand I don't know.

[faithlilly]

The sad thing is that Jodi might have been spared had this girl spoken up.

Did she and the other girl allegedly threatened with a knife by Luke give evidence in court? In a case constructed of circumstantial evidence two witnesses to Luke’s violent attacks with knives would be dynamite.

[Nicholas]

It’s certainly strong evidence that Luke had violent tendencies. So did the witnesses testify in court?

or a sadistic streak

[DanniCash]

And no, he's not connected to the Jones family. He was mentioned by name on the show tonight though.

I meant the person in the extended family you mentioned, sorry. Do you mean that AR (whose full name I've found now, thanks) was mentioned?

[faithlilly]

or a sadistic streak

Did these very pertinent witnesses give evidence in court?