SCCRC

SCCRC

On 20 July 2012, lawyers acting for Mitchell launched a fresh bid to have his conviction overturned when a 300-page dossier was delivered to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC). The dossier included claims that a Mitchell lookalike may have confused eyewitnesses. The lawyers donated their services free of charge.[38]

In July 2014, the SCCRC ruled that police officers breached Luke Mitchell’s human rights when they questioned him over the murder of Jones, but determined he was not the victim of a miscarriage of justice. The SCCRC report stated that, despite Mitchell’s claims that he was innocent, there are no grounds to challenge the guilty verdict.[39] Immediately after the decision by the SCCRC, it was announced that Mitchell would take his case to the European Courts; the competency of such a move was questionable since the ECHR has a strict six-month deadline for applications. In 2017, Mitchell was reported to be working on another appeal.[40] In 2019, GoFundMe deleted an appeal to raise funds for Mitchell led by Sandra Lean, saying it breached their terms of service.