The murder of Jodi Jones is a Scottish murder case from June 2003 in which a 14-year-old schoolgirl was murdered in woodland in Dalkeith, Scotland. Her semi-nude body was discovered behind a wall by her 14-year-old boyfriend Luke Mitchell’s dog Mia, a German Shepherd, hours after her death. An autopsy revealed the teenager had died…
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There was a DNA Profile for two people on the clothing and body of Jodi Jones and they were Luke Mitchell (the accused) and Steven Kelly (the boyfriend of Jodi’s sister). Luke Mitchells DNA was discounted because he was in a relationship with Jodi, but the evidence was present. Steven Kelly’s DNA was also discounted…
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It has been claimed that Jodi was murdered by knife and stabb wounds, but this is not actually the case. The forensic expert stated that what actually killed Jodi was hit on the back of the head with a piece of wood and then strangled until death and the knife was used ONLY after death.…
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In May 2007, a BBC Scotland Frontline Scotland television programme documentary examined a theory that the murder might have been committed by a student who was alleged to have handed in an essay about killing a girl in the woods a few weeks before the murder. A friend of this suspect saw him soon after…
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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,…
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On 15 April 2011, Mitchell’s bid to challenge his conviction for murder following a human rights ruling by the Supreme Court in the Cadder case was rejected. His lawyer told the Appeal Court in Edinburgh that his trial was unfair because he had no access to a lawyer during an interview. Lord Osborne sitting with…
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His Appeals. In March 2006, Mitchell was granted leave to appeal against his conviction (and his length of sentence) at the High Court of Justiciary sitting as the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh, on the grounds that the trial judge should have moved the trial outside the city. The Court of Criminal Appeal in…
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