The jury were shown a receipt for the brown handled Jack Pyke skunting knife which was purchased as a Christmas present for sadistic killer Luke Mitchell in 2002
A receipt for the black handled stunting knife, allegedly purchased for a 2003 Christmas present, was also shown to the jury
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“Mitchell's enthusiasm for blades is well-remembered in Livingston. He was particularly proud of one knife he received as a present. "He said: 'Look what I got. Do you think it's cool?" recalls one female friend. "He thought it was something brilliant. We thought it was a bit weird."
This 👆🏽was in reference to the brown wooden handled skunting knife sadistic killer Luke Mitchell had bought for him as a Christmas present in December 2002, which went missing after he committed his murder
Again, a 2002 receipt for the brown handled skunting knife was presented as evidence during sadistic killer Luke Mitchell’s trial
This from the Sunday Mail 2004.
“A mail order catalogue invoice from a firm in Leeds revealed that Mitchell's mother Corinne, had bought a 'skunting knife' - used for skinning and hunting - for pounds 8.95 the previous December.”
So ‘the previous December” would be 2003 and while I know that David High and perhaps others claimed to see Luke with a brown handled skunting knife, in fact I believe High said he had saw Luke with it on the night of the murder, I haven’t found one single mention of anything apart from eye witness testimony to verify that the brown knife ever existed.
It does seem odd that Luke would keep the knife after the murder snug in his pocket where deposits of remaining blood could contaminate the ‘changed’ clothes he was wearing. He must have known, him being a forensic genius, that one single smear of blood on any part of his clothing could convict him. Was any found? Why burn the parka and the clothes he was allegedly wearing at the murder scene and keep the knife to dispose of later? Why show it to High?
