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Alleged Miscarriages of Justice => Luke Mitchell and the murder of his teenage girfriend Jodi Jones on 30 June 2003. => Topic started by: John on March 12, 2021, 11:14:00 AM

Title: Was the killer taken off the streets?
Post by: John on March 12, 2021, 11:14:00 AM
Something I notice which hasn't quite caught many people's attention is the fact that the Jodi Jones murder has never been repeated anywhere in Scotland.

This was a brutal murder of a young woman walking alone along a quiet rural path. The viciousness of the attack and the manner in which it was carried out would tend to suggest some form of premeditation.  After almost 18 years however, this murder stands as one of the most callous, if not the most callous, in modern day Scotland. The killer of Jodi Jones would not be the sort to quietly disappear for ever having got away with it once.

Could it be that the culprit is already behind bars?
Title: Re: Was the killer taken off the streets?
Post by: Angelo222 on March 12, 2021, 12:35:25 PM
Something I notice which hasn't quite caught many people's attention is the fact that the Jodi Jones murder has never been repeated anywhere in Scotland.

This was a brutal murder of a young woman walking alone along a quiet rural path. The viciousness of the attack and the manner in which it was carried out would tend to suggest some form of premeditation.  After almost 18 years however, this murder stands as one of the most callous, if not the most callous, in modern day Scotland. The killer of Jodi Jones would not be the sort to quietly disappear for ever having got away with it once.

Could it be that the culprit is already behind bars?

Good point and I will add that given it was a one-off then it is more than likely it was committed by someone she knew well.

ETA.  If it had been a family member as suggested by Inspector Clouseau-Lean then they would have exibited the trait further down the line.
Title: Re: Was the killer taken off the streets?
Post by: Brietta on March 12, 2021, 12:38:35 PM
Something I notice which hasn't quite caught many people's attention is the fact that the Jodi Jones murder has never been repeated anywhere in Scotland.

This was a brutal murder of a young woman walking alone along a quiet rural path. The viciousness of the attack and the manner in which it was carried out would tend to suggest some form of premeditation.  After almost 18 years however, this murder stands as one of the most callous, if not the most callous, in modern day Scotland. The killer of Jodi Jones would not be the sort to quietly disappear for ever having got away with it once.

Could it be that the culprit is already behind bars?

I think Jodi's murderer is safely behind bars and I think the trial judge took extraordinary measures to keep him there for as long as it was possible to do so.

Title: Re: Was the killer taken off the streets?
Post by: Angelo222 on March 12, 2021, 01:08:45 PM
I think Jodi's murderer is safely behind bars and I think the trial judge took extraordinary measures to keep him there for as long as it was possible to do so.

And then some?

https://www.scotsman.com/news/rape-kit-man-begins-life-sentence-sex-attack-2470061
Title: Re: Was the killer taken off the streets?
Post by: John on March 12, 2021, 01:34:38 PM
And then some?

https://www.scotsman.com/news/rape-kit-man-begins-life-sentence-sex-attack-2470061

I remember him quite well, looked as if butter wouldn't melt.
Title: Re: Was the killer taken off the streets?
Post by: faithlilly on March 12, 2021, 02:50:43 PM
Something I notice which hasn't quite caught many people's attention is the fact that the Jodi Jones murder has never been repeated anywhere in Scotland.

This was a brutal murder of a young woman walking alone along a quiet rural path. The viciousness of the attack and the manner in which it was carried out would tend to suggest some form of premeditation.  After almost 18 years however, this murder stands as one of the most callous, if not the most callous, in modern day Scotland. The killer of Jodi Jones would not be the sort to quietly disappear for ever having got away with it once.

Could it be that the culprit is already behind bars?

That may be so but perhaps not Luke Mitchell and perhaps for a completely different crime. Of course there’s also suicide, he moved to another part of the country, was killed in a road traffic accident or one of a hudred other scenarios.

You say that the manner in which it was carried out suggests some form of premeditation. If it was Luke what do you think his motive was?
Title: Re: Was the killer taken off the streets?
Post by: Vertigo Swirl on March 13, 2021, 08:55:40 AM
That may be so but perhaps not Luke Mitchell and perhaps for a completely different crime. Of course there’s also suicide, he moved to another part of the country, was killed in a road traffic accident or one of a hudred other scenarios.

You say that the manner in which it was carried out suggests some form of premeditation. If it was Luke what do you think his motive was?
Extreme misogyny and a desire to kill a female?  What motive did ANYONE have for carrying out such an act of butchery?
Title: Re: Was the killer taken off the streets?
Post by: DanniCash on March 13, 2021, 09:01:56 AM
I remember him quite well, looked as if butter wouldn't melt.

This is the one you said confessed John? How do you know he confessed?