Killer Luke Mitchell: Scammer Sandra Lean & Her Laughable Eye Witness Testimony; Carol Heatlie, Rosemary Walsh, Lorraine Fleming, Andrina Bryson, Marion O’Sullivan, Derek Hamilton, Andrew Holburn, Dean Houston, Grant Elliot & The Jogger “Trick” (Part 43)

*Guest Blog*

Laughable eye witness testimony?: –

Three people positively ID Luke Mitchell at a time when he (first) claimed to be at home.

Not one witness to laugh at but three. 

Let us look at that stark reality that this person was in fact Luke Mitchell.

One ID in the lane that leads to Roan’s Dyke path on the East end of it, two further positive ID’s at a gate, slightly over and down from the west end entrance of this path, some 45mins later. 

We are not interested in the ludicrous claims that eye witnesses should be able to take in every single detail for it to merit a positive ID.

Let’s say that one stated the person was wearing a blue coat and had long black hair, the other a green coat and very short ginger hair – now that would be laughable.

Not what happened though, in the slightest.

And neither are we interested in this cherry picking of certain words, mainly from first statements, and that clear attempt to make them something they were not.

As we had with the girl and “lighter” coloured trousers, possibly jeans, morphed into light denim jeans.

Those desperate measures used to show anything but the actual truth. 

Realism –

The youth ID as being Luke Mitchell in Easthouse’s was wearing a khaki green jacket, hair style that reminded her of the actor who played “Shaggy” in the 2002 adaption of “Scooby Doo” the movie.

She was “as sure as could be” that this male was Luke Mitchell.

And this does not stand alone, as she noticed a badge which was a German Army badge.

The male who was seen and positively ID’d as being Luke Mitchell by two people, some 45mins later was also wearing a khaki green jacket, with straggly hair.

And they also mentioned this German army badge on that jacket. 

So there is strong contention from this point that this male was one and the same: Same colour of clothing, same straggly hair and ID positively as being Luke Mitchell.

Newbattle Road is a commute road leading from Newtongrange into Eskbank/Dalkeith.

The distance between the sightings approx: 550 yards (gate by Lorraine Fleming and Rosemary Walsh to entrance of the Newbattle Abbey Crescent. Which consists of a couple of turns in the road, not sharp bends.

From just past the gate it is a 30mph zone.

It is not a town or village and has little in the way of pedestrians.

Rarely spotting anyone actually walking along it.

And it is important to note at this point, that the first time Luke Mitchell gave for being on this road, was shortly after 5.45pm, when he claimed to leave home, to walk out to meet with Jodi for 6pm. 

Now if one were driving along an area with no pedestrians and they saw one person but failed to remember another, more than feasible, just.

If however on this road there were two people wearing the same colouring of clothing then it is not so feasible they would miss one of them.

If we then add in that they actually looked remarkably like each other (enough for a mistaken ID) along a 550 yards stretch of road then it is not likely at all, is it?

That they would only pick up on one of them.

They are driving, these areas, split seconds apart.

These witnesses did see two people that day, they also saw a jogger.

They actually did not miss anyone.

Only two people, and one ID as being Luke Mitchell. 

Now the jogger trick, of attempting to state the sighting could not have been at the gate, due to the curve in the road – not interested in one’s analytical skills of nonsense for the most part.

This is, as above split seconds, see Luke Mitchell at the gate and mere second or two later see the jogger – it is as it is, together 1,2,3. 

For the important part to do with that jogger, of where they were, they did not see Luke Mitchell.

Not at the entrance, not at Barondale cottages.

And they went into the woodland before the lad at the gate was in sight for them. 

Further to this, what you are not being shown, is those commuters coming from Eskbank, that stayed in the estate who did not see Luke Mitchell at the entrance, nor in sight to Barondale cottages from 5.30pm up until 5.55pm.

And the answer given, but no appeal was put out for him! 

Ah, there were door to door enquiries from everyone in that estate, and no one saw Luke Mitchell, as stated, in that 25min time frame, not even his brother who claimed to leave home just after 5.30pm. 

And we add in here, those phone logs coming to light and Luke Mitchells story changed.

No longer had he simply left around 5.45pm to walk out to meet with Jodi for 6pm.

He changed this, stating he had phoned at 5.32pm from the entrance of that estate, to tell her he was out earlier!

But of where he claimed to be on that road remained the same.

The entrance to his estate and that 50/100 yards to Barondale cottages, no further.

Not one solitary witness placing him here in those 25mins, the opposite in fact.

Those commuters coming home into that estate, and his brother – did not see him, people who knew him. 

So we are left with that same male, from both ends of that path, no mistaken ID they were Luke Mitchell.

He was not and neither was anyone else further down that road, from Barondale cottages to the entrance of his estate. 

Also, the two commuters who did not know Luke Mitchell and could not ID him, stating it was not him they saw: –

Not the reality.

This was in court, before this they had stated they could not be sure!

They ID that distinct bomber jacket, jeans and boots but could not ID him.

In court, some 18 months later they are asked “Is the person in the dock, the male you saw that day?” –

‘Absolutely not‘. They had taken in this male, looking dubious on that stretch of road.

At an area that Luke Mitchell claimed he was not at!

Wearing his clothing and this sighting was around 5.55pm.

Could not positively ID him as the person, just that clothing.

And after that drastic change in appearance some 18 months later, they were damn sure it was not the same person. –

And again, they saw no one else, no other male wearing the exact same clothing Luke Mitchell had on – it was him.

And do we really need to go into the girl!

Two people, a little distance apart.

The lady is driving, her focus momentarily caught on that male.

His actions, palms out “beckoning the girl”

How the hell is she supposed to take everything in, you are being asked to apply the ludicrous notion of anything other than reality here.

But what she did get was pretty damn good.

As, upon clarification of colours and style we had:

Very dark blue, navy/black hoodie. Dark hair possibly contained. Trousers that were “sightly lighter” than the top. Loose fitting around the bottom, possibly jeans/cords.

And the only thing extremely relevant around timings, is using outside factors and going over those routes to determine accuracy – the ludicrous yet again is working on guesstimates.

The ‘What If’s‘

We take these words, add them to this time, ignore this and bring in that – the agreement by the witnesses, of going over those routes, working along with other factors and agreeing to the times and places ascertained. 

Andrina Bryson – said “not sure” not that Luke Mitchell was not the person in court, he had changed.

As she did with that jacket.

She gave accurate account of the colour, that badge but she could not state categorically it was not a parka, and she picked that upon the basis, that in memory it was closest to the type she could recall.

It was making it clear that she did not take every single thing in, and rightly so. 

But interestingly she did state the trousers appeared the same colour, which gave account for the length of that jacket.

(Original forum post here)

Link to Part 44 here