Luke Mitchell trial transcript/case discussion

  Innocents Betrayed Page 261  "on July 15th (2003) , Michelle Lindsay entered Luke’s bedroom alone with him. She asked him for videos in his possession, which he handed over and asked about liquid in bottles in his room. On opening these bottles and smelling them, she concluded that they contained urine. The “bottles of urine” evidence, used to devastating effect to suggest that Luke Mitchell was weird, was obtained by trickery – Luke was never cautioned, Michelle Lindsay was not corroborated and she was actively misleading the family, not only about her role, but about their status in the investigation as suspects. (Both Shane and Corinne were arrested and charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice). But Michelle Lindsay’s influence went further still" IB Page 231 "It is in this respect that the role of Michelle Lindsay, the Family Liaison Officer, cannot be underestimated. It was she who took bottles of urine from Luke’s bedroom and questioned Luke, with

This blog isn't intended to argue guilt or innocence - just to highlight case facts and unanswered questions  A text was sent from Jodi's mum's phone to Luke's mobile at 16:35 on 30/06/2003 . A response was sent from Luke's phone back to Jodi's mum's at 16:36 , then a further reply is sent back to Luke's at 16:38 - that's the end of the text exchange. The content of the texts was never recovered from either phone.  What was in the texts? The following is a paragraph taken from Innocents Betrayed By Dr Sandra Lean, page 36 - 'The agreed facts': "Monday, June 30th, the 4.34pm text from Judith’s phone to Luke’s (Jodi’s phone was broken) asked, did he want to meet up with Jodi later that evening? Luke texted back saying he would be out after tea and suggested Jodi come down from her home in Easthouses to meet him near his home in Newbattle." Let's compare that to what Luke told DC Alan Towers was said during the text exchange:

IB Page 159 : "A civilian employee of Lothian and Borders Police analysed the mobile phone’s call records during the investigation. He said that only one number – Corinne’s - was stored in the phone’s recently made calls list. Asked by the prosecuting QC why no more calls were listed, Mr Morris said: “Basically because the call register had been deleted,” adding that “in all probability” the register had been deleted just after half past midnight in the early hours of July 1st, 2003… when the phone was already in the possession of the police. The police officer who took Luke’s phone from him in the car park was not wearing gloves and the phone was not securely packaged in a sterile environment – instead, the officer switched the phone back on to call Luke’s mum." IB page 160 :  "But not only was the call log deleted after the police took Luke’s phone - a text was also sent while the phone was in the hands of police investigators (who were prepared to lie about Luke che

An article in the Scottish sun 20/11/22, titled 'I found a knife in a skip near where school girl Jodi Jones was murdered - before it vanished', states: " Lawyer Scott Forbes, part of Mitchell’s legal team, said: This is the real missing knife."  “Like so much of the evidence, it was either destroyed or went missing if it didn’t fit the police narrative.” A car mechanic from the Garage also said  “When I learned it wasn’t documented, it raised my suspicions the police may have tried to conceal the discovery.” Article Link:   https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/9795271/knife-skip-jodi-jones-murdered/ Scott Forbes discusses the knife in the skip in an interview on YouTube channel Premeditated patter, 01/01/23. He says:  "Recently we've found that they took swabs from that knife, but never tested it" Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Qkg7e7Noo&t=284s (24.54) But the knife WAS documented and tested. Below are two Freedom of information response