"Innocents Betrayed " by Sandra Lean

[Nicholas]

“Mrs Mitchell, 45. The witness, who says she does not approve of youngsters carrying knives, admits ordering Mitchell a knife from a catalogue for Christmas 2003. She says he needed it for a camping trip.

This 👆🏽alleged camping trip, sometime after December 2003

What knife were they planning to use for the alleged camping trip in July 2003?

Didn’t they say that was what killer Luke Mitchell would be doing instead of meeting with Kimberly Thompson?

“Miss Thomson, from Kenmore, Perthshire, told the jury she and Mr Mitchell kept in contact after the summer of 2002 and met up in October, on Boxing Day and on Valentine's Day the following year.

She said Mr Mitchell had been due to visit her house on the Friday before Jodi died, but the trip had been cancelled.

But when she was asked by the prosecuting advocate-depute Alan Turnbull QC whether it was in fact the following weekend that the two were due to have met up, the witness replied: "I can't remember."

[Nicholas]

In what way does it sound like Jodi was onto  Luke? Was there anything to say she knew about them? Did she not leave the house happy according to her mum? Or is there a reason you believe Jodi might have known?

What did killer Luke Mitchell tell Jodi Jones he was doing that following weekend (5th/6th July 2003) and why wasn’t he at his father Philip Mitchell’s house on the weekend of 28th - 29th June 2003?

[Nicholas]

“Miss Thomson, from Kenmore, Perthshire, told the jury she and Mr Mitchell kept in contact after the summer of 2002 and met up in October, on Boxing Day and on Valentine's Day the following year.

She said Mr Mitchell had been due to visit her house on the Friday before Jodi died, but the trip had been cancelled.

But when she was asked by the prosecuting advocate-depute Alan Turnbull QC whether it was in fact the following weekend that the two were due to have met up, the witness replied: "I can't remember."

What did Kimberly Thomson say in her evidence about killer Luke Mitchell and his knife collection?

[Nicholas]

“Mrs Mitchell, 45. The witness, who says she does not approve of youngsters carrying knives, admits ordering Mitchell a knife from a catalogue for Christmas 2003. She says he needed it for a camping trip.

Corinne Mitchell knew her killer son Luke carried knives

“JODI JONES'S best friend told how the teenager confided in her about fears she had over Luke Mitchell's knife obsession. Months before she was killed, the 14-year-old told closest pal Kirsten Ford: 'Luke has all these knives in his bedroom. Isn't that weird?'

[Nicholas]

In what way does it sound like Jodi was onto  Luke?

And Jodi Jones had previously suspected killer Luke Mitchell was ‘cheating on her’ with Laura Wightman

[Nicholas]

What did killer Luke Mitchell tell Jodi Jones he was doing that following weekend (5th/6th July 2003) and why wasn’t he at his father Philip Mitchell’s house on the weekend of 28th - 29th June 2003?

“The jury at his trial in 2004 heard Mitchell was planning to visit Kenmore during the school summer holidays, days after Jodi's death in June 2003.

The trial also heard neither girl seemed to know about the other.

Mr Beckett told the appeal judges: "It offers a possible explanation for conflict with Jodi at the time.

"If he was going to disappear to Kenmore to visit a girl Jodi didn't know anything about, the potential for conflict was there."

The judges were informed Mitchell told police investigating the murder he had not spoken to Kimberley since January 2003, but records showed 79 calls between then and the end of June.

There was also a Valentine's Day visit.

Just two days before her murder, Jodi left Mitchell's house, by taxi, about 10pm. After that there was a series of long telephone calls, totalling more than three hours.

Mr Beckett said it was an example of how Mitchell was prepared to lie, even in the face of known evidence.

[Nicholas]

“The jury at his trial in 2004 heard Mitchell was planning to visit Kenmore during the school summer holidays, days after Jodi's death in June 2003.

The trial also heard neither girl seemed to know about the other.

Mr Beckett told the appeal judges: "It offers a possible explanation for conflict with Jodi at the time.

"If he was going to disappear to Kenmore to visit a girl Jodi didn't know anything about, the potential for conflict was there."

The judges were informed Mitchell told police investigating the murder he had not spoken to Kimberley since January 2003, but records showed 79 calls between then and the end of June.

There was also a Valentine's Day visit.

Just two days before her murder, Jodi left Mitchell's house, by taxi, about 10pm. After that there was a series of long telephone calls, totalling more than three hours.

Mr Beckett said it was an example of how Mitchell was prepared to lie, even in the face of known evidence.

Corinne Mitchell claimed this trip was cancelled

[Nicholas]

“The jury at his trial in 2004 heard Mitchell was planning to visit Kenmore during the school summer holidays, days after Jodi's death in June 2003.

What did killer Luke Mitchell tell the police about his visit to Kenmore during the school summer holidays?

And again what were Jodi Jones thoughts regarding this?

And why wasn’t killer Luke Mitchell spending the summer holidays with Jodi Jones?

[Nicholas]

“The jury at his trial in 2004 heard Mitchell was planning to visit Kenmore during the school summer holidays, days after Jodi's death in June 2003.

Did Corinne Mitchell invite Jodi Jones on the trip she claimed they had planned?

[Nicholas]

“Miss Thomson, from Kenmore, Perthshire, told the jury she and Mr Mitchell kept in contact after the summer of 2002 and met up in October, on Boxing Day and on Valentine's Day the following year.

She said Mr Mitchell had been due to visit her house on the Friday before Jodi died, but the trip had been cancelled.
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What are the details surrounding why exactly killer Luke Mitchell’s trip to Kenmore was cancelled and was it Corinne Mitchell who cancelled the trip?

“Mrs Mitchell said she liked Jodi and described her as 'friendly, quite shy at times, and always smiling'.

She said Luke had previously gone out with Kimberley Thomson, from Kenmore, Perthshire.

The girl, then 14, had slept in the same room at Luke at their home in Newbattle Abbey Crescent, Dalkeith, Midlothian.

[Nicholas]

What are the details surrounding why exactly killer Luke Mitchell’s trip to Kenmore was cancelled and was it Corinne Mitchell who cancelled the trip?

“Mrs Mitchell said she liked Jodi and described her as 'friendly, quite shy at times, and always smiling'.

She said Luke had previously gone out with Kimberley Thomson, from Kenmore, Perthshire.

The girl, then 14, had slept in the same room at Luke at their home in Newbattle Abbey Crescent, Dalkeith, Midlothian.

Did killer Luke Mitchell tell his mother Corinne Mitchell he had spoken to Kimberly Thompson for over 3 hours on
the Saturday night?

[Nicholas]

Or is there a reason you believe Jodi might have known?

That trip to Kenmore

[Nicholas]

Adele Brownless
Is Michelle Diskin-Bates on any of Luke's groups?
I think she would be most helpful 💪🏻

Michelle Diskin Bates
Hello Adele, thanks for reaching out. I am indeed very interested in the Luke Mitchell case, Luke and his mum have been on my heart for years. In fact, his mum contacted me a few years ago when I angrily responded to a bad write up in a local Scottish paper. The journalist found my number, rang me in Ireland and carried out an interview with me over the phone where I told him of the awful wrongful conviction of Luke, what was wrong with the case, and that he (Journo) should be ashamed of himself for writing this appalling article without checking his facts.
His mum said it was the first positive piece she’d seen written in a paper in Scotland. 🥰

 

She’s referring to the Daily Record 🙄

Corinne Mitchell 18th September 2010
Sorry, lost the link, I brought it in to Luke for him to see!!!.....The Daily Star did a very "out of character"  article on him, reporting that he had support on his website including support from Barry Georges's sister.

Corinne Mitchell
Simple really "alison"........I only get a paper when I get a call to say they have done an article on Luke. Human nature! If someone is writing something about your child you want to know what they are writing!

[Nicholas]

TWISTED MITCHELL PALS WITH FELLOW GIRLFRIEND KILLER

TEENAGE murderer Luke Mitchell has struck up a sick prison friendship with David Whitelaw - another fiend caged for slaying a girlfriend.

The twisted pair are in the same hall at tough Shotts nick, Lanarkshire, and have become inseparable - spending all their recreation time together, chatting and playing pool.

"This must be the most evil pairing ever - two of Scotland's most notorious killers sharing their warped thoughts together," said one prison source.

"It is like they're joined at the hip - they go everywhere together if they're not locked up. They have become close friends and really do seem to get on well - but it's a friendship forged in hell."

Mitchell, 22, and Whitelaw, 49, have one grim thing in common as both are serving life sentences for killing their girlfriends.

Mitchell was caged for at least 20 years at the High Court in Edinburgh in 2005 for butchering 14- year-old Jodi Jones in 2003.

He was just 14 when he stabbed the schoolgirl to death and mutilated her body on a woodland path in Dalkeith, Midlothian.

At the High Court in Aberdeen in 2007, warped Whitelaw was ordered to spend a minimum of 14 years behind bars for murdering girlfriend Lisa Nelson, 26, in 2006. He strangled Lisa with a cord, wrapped her body in bin bags, hid it in a cupboard at his flat in Leven, Fife, and fled.

Weeks passed before her body was found after Lisa's concerned relatives raised the alarm.

Ironically, Whitelaw (right) hit the headlines last year when he falsely claimed to be related to Jodi.

The vile lag told warders he wanted a transfer out of Shotts because Mitchell was being moved there from Polmont Young Offenders' Institution, near Falkirk.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/exclusive-sick-murderer-claims-jodi-1032248

He warned officers to "expect trouble" if they forced him to live anywhere near her murderer.

But Whitelaw is not related to Jodi at all and sources said he had made up the story as an excuse to try to get a move to Saughton Prison in Edinburgh to be closer to his family.

Our insider added: "It's quite ironic how Whitelaw had been trying to get away from Mitchell.

"Mitchell obviously wasn't offended that his new best friend pretended to be related to his victim - it's a very twisted pairing."

Whitelaw is 27 years Mitchell's senior, and our source added: "Some cons are saying that Mitchell looks up to Whitelaw as some kind of father figure - someone to look out for him now he's in with the big boys.

"The mind boggles just thinking about the kind of father-son style chats they must have."

Last night the Scottish Prison Service said: "We do not comment on individual prisoners."

[Nicholas]

TWISTED MITCHELL PALS WITH FELLOW GIRLFRIEND KILLER

TEENAGE murderer Luke Mitchell has struck up a sick prison friendship with David Whitelaw - another fiend caged for slaying a girlfriend.

The twisted pair are in the same hall at tough Shotts nick, Lanarkshire, and have become inseparable - spending all their recreation time together, chatting and playing pool.

"This must be the most evil pairing ever - two of Scotland's most notorious killers sharing their warped thoughts together," said one prison source.

"It is like they're joined at the hip - they go everywhere together if they're not locked up. They have become close friends and really do seem to get on well - but it's a friendship forged in hell."

Mitchell, 22, and Whitelaw, 49, have one grim thing in common as both are serving life sentences for killing their girlfriends.

Mitchell was caged for at least 20 years at the High Court in Edinburgh in 2005 for butchering 14- year-old Jodi Jones in 2003.

He was just 14 when he stabbed the schoolgirl to death and mutilated her body on a woodland path in Dalkeith, Midlothian.

At the High Court in Aberdeen in 2007, warped Whitelaw was ordered to spend a minimum of 14 years behind bars for murdering girlfriend Lisa Nelson, 26, in 2006. He strangled Lisa with a cord, wrapped her body in bin bags, hid it in a cupboard at his flat in Leven, Fife, and fled.

Weeks passed before her body was found after Lisa's concerned relatives raised the alarm.

Ironically, Whitelaw (right) hit the headlines last year when he falsely claimed to be related to Jodi.

The vile lag told warders he wanted a transfer out of Shotts because Mitchell was being moved there from Polmont Young Offenders' Institution, near Falkirk.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/exclusive-sick-murderer-claims-jodi-1032248

He warned officers to "expect trouble" if they forced him to live anywhere near her murderer.

But Whitelaw is not related to Jodi at all and sources said he had made up the story as an excuse to try to get a move to Saughton Prison in Edinburgh to be closer to his family.

Our insider added: "It's quite ironic how Whitelaw had been trying to get away from Mitchell.

"Mitchell obviously wasn't offended that his new best friend pretended to be related to his victim - it's a very twisted pairing."

Whitelaw is 27 years Mitchell's senior, and our source added: "Some cons are saying that Mitchell looks up to Whitelaw as some kind of father figure - someone to look out for him now he's in with the big boys.

"The mind boggles just thinking about the kind of father-son style chats they must have."

Last night the Scottish Prison Service said: "We do not comment on individual prisoners."

Why have innocence fraud pushers Sandra Lean and Scott Forbes targeted Jane Hamilton but not mentioned Nichola Stow?

Corinne Mitchell 19th September 2010
Sorry to burst your bubble Wullie! Its Nicola Stow.......MODERATED...She has a history of writing... MODERATED..about Luke. Luke has just been on the 'phone to me as his guards laughingly gave him a copy as they know Luke has nothing to do with this individual.