Why did suspicion fall upon Luke Mitchell?

[faithlilly]

And isn’t this the same person Corrine Mitchell referred to when chatting with James English as ‘hitler in a skirt’

I’ve heard her called worse from pupils who were under her care.

[faithlilly]

Are you not alleging that SM was intimidated into saying what he said?

I thought you weren’t engaging?

But yes I am alleging that. The judge didn’t call Shane’s interrogation’ unfair’ for nothing. The ‘perverting the course of justice’ charge was laid for exactly the same reason, otherwise they’d have had to have treated him as a witness rather than arrest him as a suspect. Strange that the charge was dropped at Luke’s trial when it had served it’s purpose.

You must be absolutely blind or thoroughly dishonest not to appreciate how SM’s treatment by the police tainted the evidence that was obtained.

[Paranoid Android]

I thought you weren’t engaging?

But yes I am alleging that. The judge didn’t call Shane’s interrogation’ unfair’ for nothing. The ‘perverting the course of justice’ charge was laid for exactly the same reason, otherwise they’d have had to have treated him as a witness rather than arrest him as a suspect. Strange that the charge was dropped at Luke’s trial when it had served it’s purpose.

You must be absolutely blind or thoroughly dishonest not to appreciate how SM’s treatment by the police tainted the evidence that was obtained.

I won't make a habit of it.

If my brother was about to be imprisoned, and I knew he couldn't have been guilty because he was in the same house as me at the time of the murder, no amount of intimidation would make me say otherwise.

Moreover, if I knew my brother had been imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit, I'd come forward at every opportunity to clear his name and try to secure his release - the fact is that SM hasn't done this.

I really doubt that SM allowed his brother to go to jail because a few folk intimidated him, and he still hasn't spoken out after all this time.

If SM knows his brother is innocent, and could prove that, but chooses not to, then that would be very strange.

[Nicholas]

I’ve heard her called worse from pupils who were under her care.

When do you intend on answering any of the questions ?

[Name removed] was in a controlling relationship with Luke Mitchell regardless of their ages

Her father had died by suicide and it seemed Mitchell used threats of suicide as a control tactic with Jodi

”Why can’t I die?
Is there a purpose in my life?
If not, then suicide is my best option!”
https://expressdigest.com/murderer-luke-mitchell-in-fresh-bid-to-clear-his-name/

‘I was always bullied by teachers and considered suicide’

And Mitchell appears to have used these threats in an attempt to control others also

[faithlilly]

I won't make a habit of it.

If my brother was about to be imprisoned, and I knew he couldn't have been guilty because he was in the same house as me at the time of the murder, no amount of intimidation would make me say otherwise.

Moreover, if I knew my brother had been imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit, I'd come forward at every opportunity to clear his name and try to secure his release - the fact is that SM hasn't done this.

I really doubt that SM allowed his brother to go to jail because a few folk intimidated him, and he still hasn't spoken out after all this time.

If SM knows his brother is innocent, and could prove that, but chooses not to, then that would be very strange.

The owner of this forum is in a similar position. His brother has made no public statement with regard to his conviction and doesn’t appear to support his campaign. Does that make his conviction safe too?

If you, if you, if you....but SM isn’t you and he was not simply intimidated but faced a lengthy prison sentence. Has that happened to you?

[Vertigo Swirl]

The owner of this forum is in a similar position. His brother has made no public statement with regard to his conviction and doesn’t appear to support his campaign. Does that make his conviction safe too?

If you, if you, if you....but SM isn’t you and he was not simply intimidated but faced a lengthy prison sentence. Has that happened to you?

he was told he faced a lengthy jail sentence if he lied.  So he was intimidated into telling the truth?

[Paranoid Android]

The owner of this forum is in a similar position. His brother has made no public statement with regard to his conviction and doesn’t appear to support his campaign. Does that make his conviction safe too?

If you, if you, if you....but SM isn’t you and he was not simply intimidated but faced a lengthy prison sentence. Has that happened to you?

I really wish folk would stop referring to other cases in LM threads.

You're saying that SM allowed his brother to be imprisoned for a murder he knows he didn't commit because he was intimidated - anything's possible, but I don't buy it - not for a second.

[faithlilly]

I really wish folk would stop referring to other cases in LM threads.

You're saying that SM allowed his brother to be imprisoned for a murder he knows he didn't commit because he was intimidated - anything's possible, but I don't buy it - not for a second.

What I’m saying is that SM tried to explain on the stand what had happened during his interrogation, an extract of which I have already posted. The judge called this interrogation unfair. SM wasn’t simply intimidated, he was charged with perverting the course of justice, a charge , which if convicted, carries a sentence of up to life imprisonment. His life would have been destroyed.

‘ Perverting the course of justice is a serious criminal offence that can carry a sentence of up to life in prison and whilst life imprisonment is unlikely, it is unusual for the court to impose a penalty other than a prison sentence.’

[Nicholas]

What I’m saying is that SM tried to explain on the stand what had happened during his interrogation, an extract of which I have already posted. The judge called this interrogation unfair.

Your writing is Sandra Lean - esque

[faithlilly]

Your writing is Sandra Lean - esque

Thank you.

[Rusty]

Hope everybody had a great weekend, and not rotting away on a forum, morning noon & night   

Anyway, it always did puzzle me why there was never a reward. Anyone know why? Very localized town & very localized path, only locals would have known about this path. I'm sure a 10 grand reward would have enticed the 2 seen at the Easthouses end to come forward. That is of course, one of those is sadly no longer with us & the other is in jail. I would have gave some-one the keys to my house for information.

Why no reward?

[faithlilly]

Hope everybody had a great weekend, and not rotting away on a forum, morning noon & night   

Anyway, it always did puzzle me why there was never a reward. Anyone know why? Very localized town & very localized path, only locals would have known about this path. I'm sure a 10 grand reward would have enticed the 2 seen at the Easthouses end to come forward. That is of course, one of those is sadly no longer with us & the other is in jail. I would have gave some-one the keys to my house for information.

Why no reward?

Perhaps a straightforward appeal would have sufficed? I don’t remember seeing anything in the media. Was there ever such an appeal?

[Angelo222]

Hope everybody had a great weekend, and not rotting away on a forum, morning noon & night   

Anyway, it always did puzzle me why there was never a reward. Anyone know why? Very localized town & very localized path, only locals would have known about this path. I'm sure a 10 grand reward would have enticed the 2 seen at the Easthouses end to come forward. That is of course, one of those is sadly no longer with us & the other is in jail. I would have gave some-one the keys to my house for information.

Why no reward?

No need...they got their man.

[faithlilly]

No need...they got their man.

They didn’t charge Luke for 10 months....so hardly a slam dunk.

Part of the argument for the AB sighting being Luke and Jodi is that no other individuals have come forward to say it was them but why would they if no appeal was made for them to do so?

AB reported her sighting of two young people on the Easthouses Road on 1st of July, the day after Jodi’s murder. She was not asked to identify either one of that couple until 14th of August, over 6 weeks later. Yet in all those weeks there appears to have been no appeals for the couple to come forward to be eliminated. Why?

The AB sighting would only have become public knowledge at the trial and by the time of the trial who would remember if they had been on the Eastlouses Road on 30th June 2003?

Of course AB originally also put her sighting at around 5.40-5.45, far too late for it to have been Luke and Jodi if Jodi had been killed at 5.15 but that’s for another post.

[Rusty]

No need...they got their man.

Exactly. I was thinking more why CM, Lean and others, never offered up a reward. It would have been better, then blowing money on some fake science gimmicks.