The Sumi knife

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  The Sumi knife (swabbing/blood 68a)

A Sumi knife was noted in the productions for the Luke Mitchell case - below is a screen shot that was shared online with items from this list. 




Please note that the piece of knife (swab) 199a is from the knife found in the skip and does not belong to the Sumi knife - there is more information on the skip knife here:



                                Measurements of the Sumi knife according to SPA:

                      147mm long (5.7 inches) and 20mm in maximum width (0.78 inches)



https://www.spa.police.uk/publication-library/foi-2023-24-090-knife-found-at-home-farm-2003-in-luke-mitchell-jody-jones-case/response/#:~:text=The%20Sumi%20knife%20is%20a,and%2020mm%20in%20maximum%20width.


SPA were asked if they could confirm whether the blood on the Sumi knife was human or non human. They responded to confirm that it was human blood.






A further request was sent to SPA to ask whether the human blood from the knife had matched any individual. They responded to say that the blood had matched to the accused (the accused in this case being Luke Mitchell).



(A link will be available for this once SPA upload the response to their site)


There is no information as of yet regarding where this knife was recovered from, but an FOI request has been sent to Police Scotland to see whether this will be confirmed.


A second question was asked in regards to whether the human blood matched any samples at the scene, SPA were unable to confirm due to costs - although question is likely no longer necessary as it seems to have been established that none of Luke's blood was found at the scene.










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