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Cyclist heard motorbike behind wall
Another prosecution witness who stood at trial, was cyclist LK. He had described initially, hearing a rustling sound as he cycled past the area. By the trial, he was describing a strangling, human sound behind the wall. He also said: “It sounded like a gargling, restriction of someone’s throat." He estimated that the time he was in the area was between 5.05pm and 5.20pm. LK said he was alarmed when he heard the noise but had not stopped because of nerves. The prosecution attempted to use his description to further back up the claimed 5.15pm time of the murder. But – LK also stated: "I said to police in my statement that I heard a motorcycle in the woods on the other side of the wall. It seemed quite far away from the wall.”
What didn’t appear to have been questioned was, if LK had heard the moped while it was still clearly running and while he heard sounds that the prosecution believed could have been the murder taking place – and the other witness had seen the moped leaning against the V break in the wall, after it had ‘cut out’ (5.15pm)...where does that place the moped/moped boys in relation to the time of the murder? They said that they did not see Jodi, but they were in the area at and just after the sounds heard by LK, which were used by the prosecution to back up the time of death.
The appeal documents stated that LK did not see the moped boys, nor he them – suggesting that the moped boys were not in the area at the time of the murder, dismissing their relevance. However, they did not mention that LK heard a motorbike or acknowledge that this was before the bike cut out and was leaning against the wall!
The moped boys had discussed “everything” for the 5 days before going to the police and had lied about the time they were there.
JF & GDs statements largely mentioned Luke – knives, cannabis, weirdness. Their statements didn’t mention themselves until several pages in as they were so focused on Luke.
A pair of “muddy” & “damp” gloves were found in YW’s behind a radiator and reported to the police, both JF & GD said they belonged to them. Initially JF said that he had borrowed the gloves from his brother and that he had stored them in a drawer along with some condoms a knife and his wallet, according to JF the gloves were dry when he put them in the drawer and could not explain how they got damp or why they ended up behind the radiator.
In a statement dated November 26th GD said “The only other thing I remember about gloves is that sometime after the murder, JF said something about his sister YW finding a pair of wet gloves and giving them to the police. He said, 'I don’t know if they’re mine or yours but it’s a bit dodgy'. I don’t know what he meant by that but I wasn’t really bothered."
There was further confusion around what JF was wearing that night. In a statement given on 30th July JF said he had been wearing a blue sweatshirt – in a previous statement he had said he wore a yellow top.
Despite being unable to explain their movements that day at the scene of the crime and the subsequent strange behaviour which was not followed up as a reasonable line of enquiry by the police, JF and GD were still called on to give evidence AGAINST Luke.
The moped was destroyed in the days after the murder and could not be forensically tested.
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No Donna - Leonard Kelly first heard a “rustling sound” then the “strangling” sound followed straight after

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I said to police in my statement that I heard a motorcycle in the woods on the other side of the wall. It seemed quite far away from the wall” ~ Leonard Kelly
From the BBC - 30th November 2004
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A cyclist has claimed that he heard strangulation noises as he biked up a path near where the body of Midlothian schoolgirl Jodi Jones was found.
Leonard Kelly told the High Court in Edinburgh that he was alarmed and frightened by the noise.Why didn’t the BBC report on the other witnesses who gave evidence in support of Leonard Kelly’s evidence?