Luke Mitchell - Interview with Sky's James Matthews

[Nicholas]

Jodi jury sees Luke TV interview - 31st Dec 2004

‘The jury in the Jodi Jones murder trial has been shown a television interview in which her boyfriend Luke Mitchell denied murder.
The 16-year-old is also seen reading a poem dedicated to the dead girl.

The interview was recorded on the day of Jodi's funeral. Her family had asked Luke Mitchell not to attend.

Luke Mitchell has pleaded not guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh to killing the 14-year-old, whose body was found in woods near Dalkeith.

The accused told Sky News that the period following Jodi's death had been "worse than a nightmare".

In the interview with the news channel's Jim Matthews, Luke Mitchell was asked whether he had killed his girlfriend.

He replied: "No, I never. I wouldn't think of it.

"I mean, in all the time we were going out, we never had one argument at all. Never fell out or anything.

Luke Mitchell, who gave the interview on 3 September last year, told the interviewer he had been asked by Jodi's family to stay away from the funeral.

He said: "That was a hard blow. I was dreading going to the funeral but I did want to go and being told not to go, due to the fact it will turn the funeral into a media circus, was bad.

"It would have been a media circus without me but if it's the family's wishes, that's what I was going to do."

It has been alleged that Luke Mitchell attacked Jodi in woods near Roan's Dyke on 30 June, 2003.

He has denied that and claims that at the time he was in, or near, his home, and that Jodi was murdered by person or persons unknown.

He has also denied charges of possessing knives in public places and being concerned in the supply of cannabis resin to other school pupils, including Jodi.

The trial continues.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4137755.stm

[Nicholas]

Transcript of Interview with James Matthews - SKY News on 3rd September 2003



JAMES MATTHEWS:   It’s 65 days since Jodi was killed, Luke, clearly it’s a tragedy for her family, do you see it as a tragedy for your family as well?
LUKE:   Yes.


JAMES MATTHEWS:   Tell me about your experience over the last two months.
LUKE:   It’s just been worse than a nightmare.  At least a nightmare you wake up from eventually but this, you can’t wake up from it.


JAMES MATTHEWS:   What’s been the worst part of the last two months?
LUKE:   The worst part would be still finding Jodi.  That was still the worst part.  All the rest of it, the police and accusations and everything I couldn’t care about, it’s just … I just want to find out what happened and who did it.


JAMES MATTHEWS:   Do you feel that the finger has been pointed at you as the person responsible?
LUKE:   I feel it has been left to the media and public to decide.  It is trial by media.  They haven’t actually come out and totally accused me, apart from in interviews, the police have accused me but I feel it has been left to trial by media to see what the public decide, who’s guilty and who’s not.  The way the police are handling it, they have searched other houses and they have other suspects but I seem to be really the only person they are mentioning by name in specific detail.


JAMES MATTHEWS:   But you have an alibi for that night because you were with friends?
LUKE:   Yes. I was, first I was waiting just at the end of the estate where I was in full view, cars were passing, people were just getting home from work on buses, then I met up with my friends.


JAMES MATTHEWS:   Who vouch for you?
LUKE:   Yes, they gave statements the same as mine.

 
JAMES MATTHEWS:   It is a question on everybody’s lips in this community, it is a question you clearly have an answer for.  Did you kill Jodi Jones?
LUKE:   No, I never, I wouldn’t think of it.  All the time we were going out we never had one argument at all, never.  We never fell out or anything.


JAMES MATTHEWS:   How do you feel at being told to stay away from the funeral?
LUKE:   That was a hard blow.  I was dreading going to the funeral but I did want to go and being told not to go due to the fact that it would turn the funeral into a circus, a media circus, was bad.  It would have been a media circus without me but that was, if it was the family’s wishes, that’s what I was going to do?


JAMES MATTHEWS:   You have paid your own tribute, you have written a poem.  Tell me why you felt you needed to do that?
LUKE:   I just felt I had to say goodbye in my own way.


JAMES MATTHEWS:   So what would you say to those who would look at you and think he killed his girlfriend?
LUKE:   I just say they are being naïve and not to believe everything you read in the papers.  As a lot of folk know from what they’ve said and what’s turned out in the papers, they do change what people have said, not the whole truth is published in papers.  It is basically what the people want to hear is what printed.


JAMES MATTHEWS:   I suppose the difficulty is from 5 p.m. to whenever Jodie was found, that's a long time to fill and to account for, especially if you lose track of time.  The question I suppose for detectives, for people who look at that is could anybody account for every minute in that sort of period?  Can you, can you account for every minute?
LUKE:   No.  Well the police seem to expect people to, as you say, pin down every minute of their life, to expect us to know when we do small insignificant things like doing the dishes, expect us to have a time for that, it isn’t possible to keep a pin of every minute that you do something.


JAMES MATTHEWS:   This burning of clothes keeps getting mentioned and there is also the subject of a missing knife, is that your missing knife?
LUKE:   No.  The burning clothes that wasn’t us.  They just stated that a female relative of the suspect admitted to burning clothes.


JAMES MATTHEWS:   Was that you or anyone connected to you?
LUKE:   No, not that we know of.


JAMES MATTHEWS:   Finally, do you miss Jodi?
LUKE:   A lot.  It’s just, everything I do seems to remind me, her views and everything come up everywhere.  Everywhere you look, going about the streets, there are posters.  It’s just, I can’t believe … it still feels like a nightmare.

ENDS

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Parky41 - October 07, 2019, 12:26:PM »

Agree - this however interests me on different levels.
We have noted before the reasons behind why Luke, friend and mother chose to visit this girls grave,
on the day of her funeral.
It's in black and white - not to attend the funeral.
To show respect? He did not attend, not really of choice though,
would he have gotten anywhere near?

On one hand we have from Nug that this was but a teenage boy,
so what, his girlfriend didn't bother to show up that evening.
That they were just kids "for Christ sake". Not like they were married or owt.
They had barely known each other personally for three months.
He would see her at school the next day.

This girl is brutally murdered.
Some 9 weeks later her funeral takes place.

And everything has changed.
It appears clear at this stage - that this girls family, believed Luke to be responsible,
for this girls death.
He is asked to not attend the funeral.

They first of all do what some may do in these circumstances: (If innocent)
They choose to hold their own little vigil - a lovely little service at home.
This in itself may appear just a little OTT for some.
After all, this boy had barely known this girl.
He was just a wee laddie after all.
They take this a step further, they invite the media ( the hated media)
into their home - to film this private ceremony.
They do this at the same time of the funeral.
They know the media are going to be present there.
This is a high profile story -
Do we already see here, that Luke wants to be a part of this attention.
That he is perhaps, sticking the middle finger up to the Jones',
and to all and everyone else.
He does not like being told what to do - he is backing down to no-one.
He is most definitely not going to stay back.
It is not enough that they have this little service,
that they invite the hated media into film it.
So heavily medicated of course - that no emotion was shown, in this service.
More needs to be done - he is not staying back from all of this attention,
he is going to this grave also - within hours of this burial.
He knows the media will be present, watching from his house,
to see what he may do next.
He is not to be thwarted by this.
After all, it is his right - to do as he pleases.
It is his right, to show these OTT reactions towards someone,
and their family whom he barely knew.
This of course all done, with the personal sense and guidance of
a mother, who did not try to stop her son.
From showing this disrespect, not just to this girls family,
but to this girl herself.

Of course, none of us know what we may choose to do - we haven't walked in those shoes.
Would we however, as parents allow this clear show of disrespect to this girl.
It matters not at this point of innocence or not.
What matters are the wishes of this girls family for their daughter/loved one.
That the person, they clearly believed responsible should stay clear.
Not just from the funeral - but in general.
He had absolutely no rights, to be there at any time.
He was told NO - that was not allowed.
It clearly had nothing to do with respectful wishes.
He clearly showed no respect, for any type of authority.
Clearly shown in his interviews with the police,
with his mother.
This wee smite - that he clearly was not.

Nothing however was going to stop this laddie - he set the rules with his mother.
Something that was clearly shown - time and time again.

He was allowed to smoke.
He was allowed to get a tattoo.
He was allowed to carry knives.
He was allowed to drink.
He was allowed drive.
He was allowed to go around manky.
Strangely clean that evening though, when met with his friends.
He was allowed large sums of money.
He was allowed to have underage sex at home.
He was allowed to use cannabis at a young age.
He was by all account - allowed to do as he pleased.
He did not do anything wrong - It was clearly everyone else?
He had no rules set for him, bar, strangely enough,
having to make dinner of a Monday night, for all the family.
Which from the off was clearly wrong;
His mother cooked her own - vegetarian food of prawns.

Yet again, when challenged we are met with a singular hint of authority from his
mother.
That of this girl begging her mother not to tell Corrine something,
as Luke would get into trouble.
Would he though?

And of course, this will be met with;
He had every right to pay his definition of respect, publicly for this girl.
After all, he was so deeply in love with her, at 14,
that he had another girl, ready to meet in Kenmore the following week.
that there was no care of thought shown, in his ludicrous claims of,
waiting around Newbattle Road for nearly 90mins - without checking/
walking - going anywhere near this path.
That there is no oddity in not trying to locate her all evening.
No oddity in that she did not contact him all evening.
No oddity in his lack of concern in any shape or form -
yet, it was just and correct for him to go completely OTT again,
with all of his actions on the day of this girls funeral.

Messy:


Luke Mitchell was also ‘two timing’ Jodi with another girl

Was it the same girl pictured (Middle pic - crouching down red trousers)

And what does Sandra Lean say about the girl in the red trousers in her book ‘Innocence betrayed’?

Mitchell had been told to stay away from the funeral by Jodi's mother Judy Jones.

Later than afternoon Mitchell with mother, German Shepherd Mia and new
female friend in tow made their way to the cemetery at Gorebridge where
they laid a memorial.

Jodi accused had second girlfriend

Excerpt:
‘A teenager who considered herself to be the girlfriend of Luke Mitchell, the 16-year-old accused of murdering 14-year-old Jodi Jones, told a court how she became upset after the death of the schoolgirl because she realised that Mr Mitchell had "obviously been cheating" on her.

Kimberly Thomson, 15, told the high court in Edinburgh she was upset when she saw Mr Mitchell named in the newspapers as the boyfriend of the dead teenager.

The witness, who claimed she started dating Mr Mitchell after they met in the summer of 2002, also told the court she had never heard of Jodi Jones until after her death.

Mr Mitchell, who was 14 at the time Miss Jones died, denies murdering the teenager on June 30 last year and has lodged special defences of alibi and incrimination.’

Read more; https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/dec/31/1

[Nicholas]

Luke Mitchell interview - Sept 2018

“I never wanted to be famous. Anonymity was always important to me. So, it’s been robbed of me.”

“The last time I was truly happy was with Jodi. I was always bullied by teachers and considered suicide, but all that went away. She became my connection to the world. When I was with Jodi nothing mattered, then she was taken away.”

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/16881794.amp/

[faithlilly]

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Parky41 - October 07, 2019, 12:26:PM »

Agree - this however interests me on different levels.
We have noted before the reasons behind why Luke, friend and mother chose to visit this girls grave,
on the day of her funeral.
It's in black and white - not to attend the funeral.
To show respect? He did not attend, not really of choice though,
would he have gotten anywhere near?

On one hand we have from Nug that this was but a teenage boy,
so what, his girlfriend didn't bother to show up that evening.
That they were just kids "for Christ sake". Not like they were married or owt.
They had barely known each other personally for three months.
He would see her at school the next day.

This girl is brutally murdered.
Some 9 weeks later her funeral takes place.

And everything has changed.
It appears clear at this stage - that this girls family, believed Luke to be responsible,
for this girls death.
He is asked to not attend the funeral.

They first of all do what some may do in these circumstances: (If innocent)
They choose to hold their own little vigil - a lovely little service at home.
This in itself may appear just a little OTT for some.
After all, this boy had barely known this girl.
He was just a wee laddie after all.
They take this a step further, they invite the media ( the hated media)
into their home - to film this private ceremony.
They do this at the same time of the funeral.
They know the media are going to be present there.
This is a high profile story -
Do we already see here, that Luke wants to be a part of this attention.
That he is perhaps, sticking the middle finger up to the Jones',
and to all and everyone else.
He does not like being told what to do - he is backing down to no-one.
He is most definitely not going to stay back.
It is not enough that they have this little service,
that they invite the hated media into film it.
So heavily medicated of course - that no emotion was shown, in this service.
More needs to be done - he is not staying back from all of this attention,
he is going to this grave also - within hours of this burial.
He knows the media will be present, watching from his house,
to see what he may do next.
He is not to be thwarted by this.
After all, it is his right - to do as he pleases.
It is his right, to show these OTT reactions towards someone,
and their family whom he barely knew.
This of course all done, with the personal sense and guidance of
a mother, who did not try to stop her son.
From showing this disrespect, not just to this girls family,
but to this girl herself.

Of course, none of us know what we may choose to do - we haven't walked in those shoes.
Would we however, as parents allow this clear show of disrespect to this girl.
It matters not at this point of innocence or not.
What matters are the wishes of this girls family for their daughter/loved one.
That the person, they clearly believed responsible should stay clear.
Not just from the funeral - but in general.
He had absolutely no rights, to be there at any time.
He was told NO - that was not allowed.
It clearly had nothing to do with respectful wishes.
He clearly showed no respect, for any type of authority.
Clearly shown in his interviews with the police,
with his mother.
This wee smite - that he clearly was not.

Nothing however was going to stop this laddie - he set the rules with his mother.
Something that was clearly shown - time and time again.

He was allowed to smoke.
He was allowed to get a tattoo.
He was allowed to carry knives.
He was allowed to drink.
He was allowed drive.
He was allowed to go around manky.
Strangely clean that evening though, when met with his friends.
He was allowed large sums of money.
He was allowed to have underage sex at home.
He was allowed to use cannabis at a young age.
He was by all account - allowed to do as he pleased.
He did not do anything wrong - It was clearly everyone else?
He had no rules set for him, bar, strangely enough,
having to make dinner of a Monday night, for all the family.
Which from the off was clearly wrong;
His mother cooked her own - vegetarian food of prawns.

Yet again, when challenged we are met with a singular hint of authority from his
mother.
That of this girl begging her mother not to tell Corrine something,
as Luke would get into trouble.
Would he though?

And of course, this will be met with;
He had every right to pay his definition of respect, publicly for this girl.
After all, he was so deeply in love with her, at 14,
that he had another girl, ready to meet in Kenmore the following week.
that there was no care of thought shown, in his ludicrous claims of,
waiting around Newbattle Road for nearly 90mins - without checking/
walking - going anywhere near this path.
That there is no oddity in not trying to locate her all evening.
No oddity in that she did not contact him all evening.
No oddity in his lack of concern in any shape or form -
yet, it was just and correct for him to go completely OTT again,
with all of his actions on the day of this girls funeral.

Messy:


Luke Mitchell was also ‘two timing’ Jodi with another girl

Was it the same girl pictured (Middle pic - crouching down red trousers)

And what does Sandra Lean say about the girl in the red trousers in her book ‘Innocence betrayed’?

Jodi accused had second girlfriend

Excerpt:
‘A teenager who considered herself to be the girlfriend of Luke Mitchell, the 16-year-old accused of murdering 14-year-old Jodi Jones, told a court how she became upset after the death of the schoolgirl because she realised that Mr Mitchell had "obviously been cheating" on her.

Kimberly Thomson, 15, told the high court in Edinburgh she was upset when she saw Mr Mitchell named in the newspapers as the boyfriend of the dead teenager.

The witness, who claimed she started dating Mr Mitchell after they met in the summer of 2002, also told the court she had never heard of Jodi Jones until after her death.

Mr Mitchell, who was 14 at the time Miss Jones died, denies murdering the teenager on June 30 last year and has lodged special defences of alibi and incrimination.’

Read more; https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/dec/31/1

The book is Innocents Betrayed and an excellent book on the case.

[WakeyWakey]

Was it the same girl pictured (Middle pic - crouching down red trousers)

And what does Sandra Lean say about the girl in the red trousers in her book ‘Innocence betrayed’?

it wasnt - this was a diffrent fmale friend called laura from local dalkeith area. will spare the surname bcos i dont think she ever been named publicly or written about in sandras book

i do remember article - which i cant find - somwhere that mentioned the polices line of questioning which did include this girl laura - basicly they were asking "did you do this so you could be with laura? " (paraphrase)

[WakeyWakey]

foudn the text of it

I'm simply not a normal teenager; EXCLUSIVE: Luke Mitchell's chilling boast to the Mail.
Source: Daily Mail (London)
Date: 1/22/2005

Byline: GRACE MCLEAN

THE words coming out of his mouth were enough to chill the heart.

His voice flat and emotionless, Luke Mitchell was describing to me the moment he discovered the body of his girlfriend, mutilated and abandoned on the muddy earth.

For the schoolgirl who died an unspeakable death, horrifically mutilated, there was no expression of love from Luke Mitchell - and no tears.

This was Luke's story in his own words - the account the jury never heard as the teenager never gave evidence during his trial.

'My torch lit up the path like daytime and I was about 12 yards from Jodi when I saw her lying there,' he began. 'She was so white. Her throat had been slit and her head was to the side.

'Her eyes were staring up at me and she was naked but for a pair of socks, I think... no, she wasn't wearing anything. Her body was so white and she was just staring and staring.

'I shouted to the others but I couldn't tell them I'd found Jodi because I didn't want to upset her gran, but she said she wanted to come over the wall.

'The others held her back but she scrambled over the wall and said if her granddaugher was there she wanted to be with her.

'She sat down beside Jodi and cradled her in her arms.

I guess the family are suspicious of me because my dog Mia was the one who found Jodi and I was the one who first saw her lying there.' I interviewed Mitchell months before he had been charged with the murder of Jodi, and days after he had been questioned by detectives hunting for her killer.

Aged 15 at the time, the Luke Mitchell in front of me was an adult in everything but name. Chain smoking and dressed in baggy jeans and a dark-coloured T-shirt, he exuded confidence bordering on arrogance.

Yet all the time his eyes flicked towards his mother Corinne, as if seeking reassurance from the woman with whom he obviously had an extra-special bond.

Mitchell and his mother were like a well-rehearsed double act. As Corinne Mitchell ranted about the unfair treatment of her son, Mitchell would pace the floor as he vented his anger at the way the police had dealt with him.

Then his mother would touch him lightly on the arm and he would, as if by magic, calm down.

And as he gave his version of his whereabouts the night Jodi was brutally murdered, he constantly looked to her for reassurance, particularly when recalling the time he left the house to meet his girlfriend and the time he went on to meet his friends.

In the first moments of meeting Mitchell I was struck by how confident he was.

After a day at school he knew he was about to meet a journalist, but he walked into the room with a nonchalant air.

As I shook his hand, he gave me a cursory glance before sitting in a chair diagonally across from his mother.

It was clear he was a very sexually aware young man. I immediately felt uncomfortable as his eyes slowly looked me up and down. Mitchell may be a child but his sexuality, arrogance and misplaced maturity make him appear far older than his tender years.

There were a few flashes of childlike behaviour. But they only came as he was distracted by Mia - the dog he claimed picked up Jodi's scent and led him to her body.

As his story unfolded, it was clear he was a master of manipulation. His story was just too word-perfect. It was also, as has now transpired, a tissue of lies.

This was a 15-year-old who never buckled once during interviews with some of Scotland's most experienced policemen. The more police pushed him, the more arrogant he became.

He boasted to me: 'After a few hours I told them, "charge me or let me go".'

Mitchell leaned forward in his chair and stared intently at me as he told me how police had made his life 'a misery' and how they tried to relate to him through stories of rap star Eminem, shock rocker Marilyn Manson and pop singer Holly Valance.

He said: 'The cops asked me about my relationship with Jodi's friend Laura.

They kept asking me about the Eminem song Kim, the song where he fantasises about killing his wife.

'They asked me about the follow- up song in which Eminem sings about the "two of us", meaning him and his daughter. They asked me about Laura and if I wanted it to be just the two of us and asked if that was why I killed Jodi.

'It was all rubbish. Jodi and I would still be together if she was here today.' Detectives were astonished by how arrogant Mitchell was during interviews. Even when confronted with evidence he remained defiant.

He seemed to realise police were trying to relate to him as a teenager and find some kind of common ground.

However, as Mitchell saw himself as an adult, he found the tactic amusing and gained a sense of confidence as the interrogation went on.

Mitchell took to pacing the floor again as he told me how he had 'got really mad' with police.

Clenching his fists he said: 'I started to get really mad after about four hours and asked them to charge me if they had anything to charge me with.' It was clear Mitchell enjoyed playing cat and mouse with detectives. He said: ' One copper stood, looked me straight in my face and said, "We've got you. We found your semen on her bra.

We've found sperm similar to yours." I laughed and said, "If it's similar, it's not the same then, is it?" ' He told how detectives showed him a video reconstruction of how it would have been impossible for him to see Jodi's body in the dark woods with only a torch - implying he must have known exactly where she was lying.

He said: 'Jodi's body was replaced with a tailor's dummy and I pointed out to police that I could see a limb. That' s when they switched the video off.'

But then, chillingly, he revealed that he, Jodi and their friend Laura had been talking about funeral arrangements a few nights before the murder.

He said: 'What happened to Jodi was so ironic because the Thursday before she died we were all talking about what records we would want played at our funeral.' I could picture him that night, talking in the bedroom with Jodi - taking a perverse pleasure in knowing the fate that awaited her.

He said police took a lock knife from him after being tipped off by friends.

But he added: 'The bloke who said this is a fantasist. Another of his friends told police Jodi and I were arguing all the time. But that's not true. We never had a cross word.' Mitchell also denied he was taunting police when he left a note with flowers for Jodi which quoted from Kurt Cobain's journals: 'The finest day I ever had was when tomorrow never came.' He said: 'The only reason I left it was because she loved that line. I wanted to be with Jodi and nobody else.' It was the first time in our interview that Mitchell spoke of any affection for Jodi. But then, to change the subject, he spent ten minutes talking about newly learned computer skills - just like any other teenage boy - before asking his mother for the keys to her 4x4 Land Rover.

Then, nonchalantly, he walked outside, started up the engine and drove at high speeds around nearby waste ground. It seemed, yet again, that Mitchell was playing at being an adult.

When he returned, he told his mother he was going to see his friend Laura and, since it was on my way, I offered to give Mitchell a lift.

In the car, he said very little about Jodi, continuing to talk about his computer course. When the car came to a standstill, he leaned over and gave me a hug before jumping out. Just four weeks later, he was arrested for Jodi's murder.

I truly believe Mitchell thought he could get away with it. As we parted, he couldn't resist having the final word. A last gesture, and his last chance to goad the police: 'I was never going to break down in public - I'm not that kind of bloke.

'They made a mistake and thought I was just a normal teenager.'

g.mclean@dailymail.co.uk

[Nicholas]

it wasnt - this was a diffrent fmale friend called laura from local dalkeith area. will spare the surname bcos i dont think she ever been named publicly or written about in sandras book

i do remember article - which i cant find - somwhere that mentioned the polices line of questioning which did include this girl laura - basicly they were asking "did you do this so you could be with laura? " (paraphrase)

Thanks WakeyWakey

Journalist Neil Mackay - who took part in the doc due to be screened next week - states in an article for the Scottish Herald today,


‘Mitchell was quickly painted as a dope-smoking teenage satanist. Lean says: “One of the things that made this case scary.. was this emphasis that Luke was a devil worshipper”

Am guessing they’ll be no reference to this

Jodi Jones killer Luke Mitchell demands right to study Satanic textbooks in prison due to his 'religious beliefs'

’JODI Jones’s killer Luke Mitchell has demanded the right to be given Satanic textbooks in jail because of his “religious beliefs”.

Mitchell wants six books including The Devil’s Notebook and Satan Speaks, claiming it’s his human right to have access to the occult materials.

Mitchell, 25, also wants a copy of The Satanic Bible, which calls for followers to create a lawless world where there is no right or wrong and where human sacrifice and murder is not only tolerated but encouraged.

He made the request to the chaplain of Shotts prison where he is serving life for the murder of Jodi in June 2003.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/jodi-jones-killer-luke-mitchell-3407242

[Nicholas]

Thanks WakeyWakey

Journalist Neil Mackay - who took part in the doc due to be screened next week - states in an article for the Scottish Herald today,


‘Mitchell was quickly painted as a dope-smoking teenage satanist. Lean says: “One of the things that made this case scary.. was this emphasis that Luke was a devil worshipper”

Am guessing they’ll be no reference to this

Jodi Jones killer Luke Mitchell demands right to study Satanic textbooks in prison due to his 'religious beliefs'

’JODI Jones’s killer Luke Mitchell has demanded the right to be given Satanic textbooks in jail because of his “religious beliefs”.

Mitchell wants six books including The Devil’s Notebook and Satan Speaks, claiming it’s his human right to have access to the occult materials.

Mitchell, 25, also wants a copy of The Satanic Bible, which calls for followers to create a lawless world where there is no right or wrong and where human sacrifice and murder is not only tolerated but encouraged.

He made the request to the chaplain of Shotts prison where he is serving life for the murder of Jodi in June 2003.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/jodi-jones-killer-luke-mitchell-3407242

The same Neil Mackay/Herald who Denise Fergus - mother of James Bulger - referred to here

Denise Fergus
@Denise_fergus
Absolutely disgusted with how they've  used an image of my innocent son James in this article surrounded by murderers and rapists. 
@heraldscotland
@NeilMackay
@KymDarby1
https://mobile.twitter.com/Denise_fergus/status/1236712574277779456

[Nicholas]

it wasnt - this was a diffrent fmale friend called laura from local dalkeith area. will spare the surname bcos i dont think she ever been named publicly or written about in sandras book

i do remember article - which i cant find - somwhere that mentioned the polices line of questioning which did include this girl laura - basicly they were asking "did you do this so you could be with laura? " (paraphrase)

What about Gemma ?

[WakeyWakey]

What about Gemma ?

interesting that never seen anything about htis gemma c other than one article way back when he first imprisoned.

not surprising that youthful relationship might end, especially whne one person starting a life sentence but you might have expected to hear something since?

unless she no longer support the position she once did? - same for htis laura girl?

[Nicholas]

interesting that never seen anything about htis gemma c other than one article way back when he first imprisoned.

not surprising that youthful relationship might end, especially whne one person starting a life sentence but you might have expected to hear something since?

unless she no longer support the position she once did? - same for htis laura girl?

They may speak out after seeing him on the tele - who knows

Do youq recall Gemma C’s letter,

“I could go on all day telling of four or five different people who could have murdered Jodi and the funny thing is, all of them would have more evidence to prove it was them than Luke did’

More than likely Mitchell’s words

[Nicholas]

They may speak out after seeing him on the tele - who knows

Do youq recall Gemma C’s letter,

“I could go on all day telling of four or five different people who could have murdered Jodi and the funny thing is, all of them would have more evidence to prove it was them than Luke did’

More than likely Mitchell’s words

Girlfriend of Jodi's killer speaks of her love for him - The Scotsman - May 2005

LUKE MITCHELL'S secret girlfriend has spoken of her love for the teenage murderer.

‘Gemma Chapman, 17, described the convicted killer as "kind, caring and loving" and said he was wrongly found guilty of 14-year-old Jodi Jones' horrific murder on Roan's Dyke Path in Dalkeith.

In comments echoing those of Mitchell's defence at his trial, Ms Chapman, who lives with her parents near Edinburgh, said in a letter to a friend: "I could go on all day telling of four or five different people who could have murdered Jodi and the funny thing is, all of them would have more evidence to prove it was them than Luke did."

She said it was very painful being separated from the convicted killer, who was found guilty of slashing Jodi's throat about 20 times before mutilating her body.

The judge called the killing "one of the worst cases of murder of a single victim to have come before the court in many years".

Ms Chapman said: "It's so painful being away from the man I love and I feel angry because I don't know the truth and I'm still standing by him."

But she admitted she was frightened her loyalty could be misplaced.

She said: "I'm confused and very scared of making the wrong choices.

"I don't want him to be guilty and wasting my time with him."

Mitchell, 16, was jailed for a minimum of 20 years and is currently being held at Polmont Young Offenders' Institution, near Falkirk, until he turns 18, when he will be moved to Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow

https://www.scotsman.com/news/girlfriend-jodis-killer-speaks-her-love-him-2512833

[Nicholas]

it wasnt - this was a diffrent fmale friend called laura from local dalkeith area. will spare the surname bcos i dont think she ever been named publicly or written about in sandras book

i do remember article - which i cant find - somwhere that mentioned the polices line of questioning which did include this girl laura - basicly they were asking "did you do this so you could be with laura? " (paraphrase)

Re Laura http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=487.msg546670#msg546670


‘I'm simply not a normal teenager; EXCLUSIVE: Luke Mitchell's chilling boast to the Mail.
Source: Daily Mail (London)
Date: 1/22/2005

Byline: GRACE MCLEAN

THE words coming out of his mouth were enough to chill the heart.

His voice flat and emotionless, Luke Mitchell was describing to me the moment he discovered the body of his girlfriend, mutilated and abandoned on the muddy earth.

For the schoolgirl who died an unspeakable death, horrifically mutilated, there was no expression of love from Luke Mitchell - and no tears.

This was Luke's story in his own words - the account the jury never heard as the teenager never gave evidence during his trial.

'My torch lit up the path like daytime and I was about 12 yards from Jodi when I saw her lying there,' he began. 'She was so white. Her throat had been slit and her head was to the side.

'Her eyes were staring up at me and she was naked but for a pair of socks, I think... no, she wasn't wearing anything. Her body was so white and she was just staring and staring.

'I shouted to the others but I couldn't tell them I'd found Jodi because I didn't want to upset her gran, but she said she wanted to come over the wall.

'The others held her back but she scrambled over the wall and said if her granddaugher was there she wanted to be with her.

'She sat down beside Jodi and cradled her in her arms.

I guess the family are suspicious of me because my dog Mia was the one who found Jodi and I was the one who first saw her lying there.' I interviewed Mitchell months before he had been charged with the murder of Jodi, and days after he had been questioned by detectives hunting for her killer.

Aged 15 at the time, the Luke Mitchell in front of me was an adult in everything but name. Chain smoking and dressed in baggy jeans and a dark-coloured T-shirt, he exuded confidence bordering on arrogance.

Yet all the time his eyes flicked towards his mother Corinne, as if seeking reassurance from the woman with whom he obviously had an extra-special bond.

Mitchell and his mother were like a well-rehearsed double act. As Corinne Mitchell ranted about the unfair treatment of her son, Mitchell would pace the floor as he vented his anger at the way the police had dealt with him.

Then his mother would touch him lightly on the arm and he would, as if by magic, calm down.

And as he gave his version of his whereabouts the night Jodi was brutally murdered, he constantly looked to her for reassurance, particularly when recalling the time he left the house to meet his girlfriend and the time he went on to meet his friends.

In the first moments of meeting Mitchell I was struck by how confident he was.

After a day at school he knew he was about to meet a journalist, but he walked into the room with a nonchalant air.

As I shook his hand, he gave me a cursory glance before sitting in a chair diagonally across from his mother.

It was clear he was a very sexually aware young man. I immediately felt uncomfortable as his eyes slowly looked me up and down. Mitchell may be a child but his sexuality, arrogance and misplaced maturity make him appear far older than his tender years.

There were a few flashes of childlike behaviour. But they only came as he was distracted by Mia - the dog he claimed picked up Jodi's scent and led him to her body.

As his story unfolded, it was clear he was a master of manipulation. His story was just too word-perfect. It was also, as has now transpired, a tissue of lies.

This was a 15-year-old who never buckled once during interviews with some of Scotland's most experienced policemen. The more police pushed him, the more arrogant he became.

He boasted to me: 'After a few hours I told them, "charge me or let me go".'

Mitchell leaned forward in his chair and stared intently at me as he told me how police had made his life 'a misery' and how they tried to relate to him through stories of rap star Eminem, shock rocker Marilyn Manson and pop singer Holly Valance.

He said: 'The cops asked me about my relationship with Jodi's friend Laura.

They kept asking me about the Eminem song Kim, the song where he fantasises about killing his wife.

'They asked me about the follow- up song in which Eminem sings about the "two of us", meaning him and his daughter. They asked me about Laura and if I wanted it to be just the two of us and asked if that was why I killed Jodi.

'It was all rubbish. Jodi and I would still be together if she was here today.' Detectives were astonished by how arrogant Mitchell was during interviews. Even when confronted with evidence he remained defiant.

He seemed to realise police were trying to relate to him as a teenager and find some kind of common ground.

However, as Mitchell saw himself as an adult, he found the tactic amusing and gained a sense of confidence as the interrogation went on.

Mitchell took to pacing the floor again as he told me how he had 'got really mad' with police.

Clenching his fists he said: 'I started to get really mad after about four hours and asked them to charge me if they had anything to charge me with.' It was clear Mitchell enjoyed playing cat and mouse with detectives. He said: ' One copper stood, looked me straight in my face and said, "We've got you. We found your semen on her bra.

We've found sperm similar to yours." I laughed and said, "If it's similar, it's not the same then, is it?" ' He told how detectives showed him a video reconstruction of how it would have been impossible for him to see Jodi's body in the dark woods with only a torch - implying he must have known exactly where she was lying.

He said: 'Jodi's body was replaced with a tailor's dummy and I pointed out to police that I could see a limb. That' s when they switched the video off.'

But then, chillingly, he revealed that he, Jodi and their friend Laura had been talking about funeral arrangements a few nights before the murder.

He said: 'What happened to Jodi was so ironic because the Thursday before she died we were all talking about what records we would want played at our funeral.' I could picture him that night, talking in the bedroom with Jodi - taking a perverse pleasure in knowing the fate that awaited her.

He said police took a lock knife from him after being tipped off by friends.

But he added: 'The bloke who said this is a fantasist. Another of his friends told police Jodi and I were arguing all the time. But that's not true. We never had a cross word.' Mitchell also denied he was taunting police when he left a note with flowers for Jodi which quoted from Kurt Cobain's journals: 'The finest day I ever had was when tomorrow never came.' He said: 'The only reason I left it was because she loved that line. I wanted to be with Jodi and nobody else.' It was the first time in our interview that Mitchell spoke of any affection for Jodi. But then, to change the subject, he spent ten minutes talking about newly learned computer skills - just like any other teenage boy - before asking his mother for the keys to her 4x4 Land Rover.

Then, nonchalantly, he walked outside, started up the engine and drove at high speeds around nearby waste ground. It seemed, yet again, that Mitchell was playing at being an adult.

When he returned, he told his mother he was going to see his friend Laura and, since it was on my way, I offered to give Mitchell a lift.

In the car, he said very little about Jodi, continuing to talk about his computer course. When the car came to a standstill, he leaned over and gave me a hug before jumping out. Just four weeks later, he was arrested for Jodi's murder.

I truly believe Mitchell thought he could get away with it. As we parted, he couldn't resist having the final word. A last gesture, and his last chance to goad the police: 'I was never going to break down in public - I'm not that kind of bloke.

'They made a mistake and thought I was just a normal teenager.'

g.mclean@dailymail.co.uk


Did Laura’s police statement tally with Luke Mitchell’s ?

[John]

Re Laura http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=487.msg546670#msg546670

Luke Mitchell knew he wasn’t a normal teenager


‘I'm simply not a normal teenager; EXCLUSIVE: Luke Mitchell's chilling boast to the Mail.
Source: Daily Mail (London)
Date: 1/22/2005

Byline: GRACE MCLEAN

THE words coming out of his mouth were enough to chill the heart.

His voice flat and emotionless, Luke Mitchell was describing to me the moment he discovered the body of his girlfriend, mutilated and abandoned on the muddy earth.

For the schoolgirl who died an unspeakable death, horrifically mutilated, there was no expression of love from Luke Mitchell - and no tears.

This was Luke's story in his own words - the account the jury never heard as the teenager never gave evidence during his trial.

'My torch lit up the path like daytime and I was about 12 yards from Jodi when I saw her lying there,' he began. 'She was so white. Her throat had been slit and her head was to the side.

'Her eyes were staring up at me and she was naked but for a pair of socks, I think... no, she wasn't wearing anything. Her body was so white and she was just staring and staring.

'I shouted to the others but I couldn't tell them I'd found Jodi because I didn't want to upset her gran, but she said she wanted to come over the wall.

'The others held her back but she scrambled over the wall and said if her granddaugher was there she wanted to be with her.

'She sat down beside Jodi and cradled her in her arms.

I guess the family are suspicious of me because my dog Mia was the one who found Jodi and I was the one who first saw her lying there.' I interviewed Mitchell months before he had been charged with the murder of Jodi, and days after he had been questioned by detectives hunting for her killer.

Aged 15 at the time, the Luke Mitchell in front of me was an adult in everything but name. Chain smoking and dressed in baggy jeans and a dark-coloured T-shirt, he exuded confidence bordering on arrogance.

Yet all the time his eyes flicked towards his mother Corinne, as if seeking reassurance from the woman with whom he obviously had an extra-special bond.

Mitchell and his mother were like a well-rehearsed double act. As Corinne Mitchell ranted about the unfair treatment of her son, Mitchell would pace the floor as he vented his anger at the way the police had dealt with him.

Then his mother would touch him lightly on the arm and he would, as if by magic, calm down.

And as he gave his version of his whereabouts the night Jodi was brutally murdered, he constantly looked to her for reassurance, particularly when recalling the time he left the house to meet his girlfriend and the time he went on to meet his friends.

In the first moments of meeting Mitchell I was struck by how confident he was.

After a day at school he knew he was about to meet a journalist, but he walked into the room with a nonchalant air.

As I shook his hand, he gave me a cursory glance before sitting in a chair diagonally across from his mother.

It was clear he was a very sexually aware young man. I immediately felt uncomfortable as his eyes slowly looked me up and down. Mitchell may be a child but his sexuality, arrogance and misplaced maturity make him appear far older than his tender years.

There were a few flashes of childlike behaviour. But they only came as he was distracted by Mia - the dog he claimed picked up Jodi's scent and led him to her body.

As his story unfolded, it was clear he was a master of manipulation. His story was just too word-perfect. It was also, as has now transpired, a tissue of lies.

This was a 15-year-old who never buckled once during interviews with some of Scotland's most experienced policemen. The more police pushed him, the more arrogant he became.

He boasted to me: 'After a few hours I told them, "charge me or let me go".'

Mitchell leaned forward in his chair and stared intently at me as he told me how police had made his life 'a misery' and how they tried to relate to him through stories of rap star Eminem, shock rocker Marilyn Manson and pop singer Holly Valance.

He said: 'The cops asked me about my relationship with Jodi's friend Laura.

They kept asking me about the Eminem song Kim, the song where he fantasises about killing his wife.

'They asked me about the follow- up song in which Eminem sings about the "two of us", meaning him and his daughter. They asked me about Laura and if I wanted it to be just the two of us and asked if that was why I killed Jodi.

'It was all rubbish. Jodi and I would still be together if she was here today.' Detectives were astonished by how arrogant Mitchell was during interviews. Even when confronted with evidence he remained defiant.

He seemed to realise police were trying to relate to him as a teenager and find some kind of common ground.

However, as Mitchell saw himself as an adult, he found the tactic amusing and gained a sense of confidence as the interrogation went on.

Mitchell took to pacing the floor again as he told me how he had 'got really mad' with police.

Clenching his fists he said: 'I started to get really mad after about four hours and asked them to charge me if they had anything to charge me with.' It was clear Mitchell enjoyed playing cat and mouse with detectives. He said: ' One copper stood, looked me straight in my face and said, "We've got you. We found your semen on her bra.

We've found sperm similar to yours." I laughed and said, "If it's similar, it's not the same then, is it?" ' He told how detectives showed him a video reconstruction of how it would have been impossible for him to see Jodi's body in the dark woods with only a torch - implying he must have known exactly where she was lying.

He said: 'Jodi's body was replaced with a tailor's dummy and I pointed out to police that I could see a limb. That' s when they switched the video off.'

But then, chillingly, he revealed that he, Jodi and their friend Laura had been talking about funeral arrangements a few nights before the murder.

He said: 'What happened to Jodi was so ironic because the Thursday before she died we were all talking about what records we would want played at our funeral.' I could picture him that night, talking in the bedroom with Jodi - taking a perverse pleasure in knowing the fate that awaited her.

He said police took a lock knife from him after being tipped off by friends.

But he added: 'The bloke who said this is a fantasist. Another of his friends told police Jodi and I were arguing all the time. But that's not true. We never had a cross word.' Mitchell also denied he was taunting police when he left a note with flowers for Jodi which quoted from Kurt Cobain's journals: 'The finest day I ever had was when tomorrow never came.' He said: 'The only reason I left it was because she loved that line. I wanted to be with Jodi and nobody else.' It was the first time in our interview that Mitchell spoke of any affection for Jodi. But then, to change the subject, he spent ten minutes talking about newly learned computer skills - just like any other teenage boy - before asking his mother for the keys to her 4x4 Land Rover.

Then, nonchalantly, he walked outside, started up the engine and drove at high speeds around nearby waste ground. It seemed, yet again, that Mitchell was playing at being an adult.

When he returned, he told his mother he was going to see his friend Laura and, since it was on my way, I offered to give Mitchell a lift.

In the car, he said very little about Jodi, continuing to talk about his computer course. When the car came to a standstill, he leaned over and gave me a hug before jumping out. Just four weeks later, he was arrested for Jodi's murder.

I truly believe Mitchell thought he could get away with it. As we parted, he couldn't resist having the final word. A last gesture, and his last chance to goad the police: 'I was never going to break down in public - I'm not that kind of bloke.

'They made a mistake and thought I was just a normal teenager.'

g.mclean@dailymail.co.uk


Did Laura’s police statement tally with Luke Mitchell’s ?

It must have been dreadful for Jodi's gran Alice Walker to have seen her that night.  The version above refers to her cradling Jodi but there is another which simply refers to her touching her forehead. It appeared the media couldn't even get that right.

[John]

Girlfriend of Jodi's killer speaks of her love for him - The Scotsman - May 2005

LUKE MITCHELL'S secret girlfriend has spoken of her love for the teenage murderer.

‘Gemma Chapman, 17, described the convicted killer as "kind, caring and loving" and said he was wrongly found guilty of 14-year-old Jodi Jones' horrific murder on Roan's Dyke Path in Dalkeith.

In comments echoing those of Mitchell's defence at his trial, Ms Chapman, who lives with her parents near Edinburgh, said in a letter to a friend: "I could go on all day telling of four or five different people who could have murdered Jodi and the funny thing is, all of them would have more evidence to prove it was them than Luke did."

She said it was very painful being separated from the convicted killer, who was found guilty of slashing Jodi's throat about 20 times before mutilating her body.

The judge called the killing "one of the worst cases of murder of a single victim to have come before the court in many years".

Ms Chapman said: "It's so painful being away from the man I love and I feel angry because I don't know the truth and I'm still standing by him."

But she admitted she was frightened her loyalty could be misplaced.

She said: "I'm confused and very scared of making the wrong choices.

"I don't want him to be guilty and wasting my time with him."

Mitchell, 16, was jailed for a minimum of 20 years and is currently being held at Polmont Young Offenders' Institution, near Falkirk, until he turns 18, when he will be moved to Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow

https://www.scotsman.com/news/girlfriend-jodis-killer-speaks-her-love-him-2512833

Was she the reason Jodi died?

It was claimed that Jodi found out about the two-timing and confronted Mitchell who reacted with violence towards her.