Killer Luke Mitchell: TIMELINE Of When The Majority Of Witnesses Gave Evidence During Murderers Trial (Part 273)

More Than 100 Witnesses Were Reported To Be Scheduled To Give Evidence During Killer Luke Mitchell’s Trial Before Lord Nimmo Smith

*SEE WITNESS LIST HERE*

“The main charge alleges that on June 30 last year in a wooded area near Roan’s Dyke, between Easthouses Road and Newbattle Road, he assaulted Jodi. Mitchell is said to have repeatedly struck her on the head and body, compressed and constricted her neck and restricted her breathing and caused her to fall to the ground. He is alleged to have applied a ligature around her arms and repeatedly struck her on the head, mouth and body with a knife or similar instrument and murdered her. Between January 1 and June 30 last year, the teenager is charged with carrying a knife or knives. That is said to have happened at various places in Dalkeith and in Kenmore, Perthshire. And a third charge accuses him of supplying cannabis to 20 people, including Jodi, between January 1 last year and April 14 this year. The locations include Roan’s Dyke and Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh” (Source Here)

Friday 12th November 2004: Alan Murray, Dc Rory Hamilton, Keith Campbell, Alistair Leitch, David Suttie & Ben Sole Gave Evidence (Source Here & Here)

Tuesday 16th November 2004: Trial Halted & Judge Ordered New Trial (Source Here)

Wednesday 18th November 2004: New Jury Sworn In (Source Here & Here)

Thursday 19th November 2004: Trial Re-Starts With A New Jury (Source Here)

Alan Murray, Dc Rory Hamilton, Keith Campbell, Alistair Leitch, David Suttie & Ben Sole Would Have Been Required To Give Their Evidence Again In Front Of The New Jury

Monday 22nd November 2004: Robert Gilhooly & Matthew Muraska Gave Evidence (Source Here & Here)

Tuesday 23rd November 2004: David Tullock & John Ferris Gave Evidence (Source Here & Here)

Wednesday 24th November 2004: Gordon Dickie, Ashley Coutts & Alexander Hamilton Gave Evidence (Source Here)

Thursday 25th November 2004: Michelle Tierney, Geraldine Mackie & Allan Ovens Gave Evidence (Source Here & Here)

Friday 26th November 2004: Judith Jones Gave Evidence Allen Ovans TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE (Source Here)

Monday 29th November 2004: Rachel Quinn & Andrina Bryson Gave Evidence (Source Here & Here)

Tuesday 30th November 2004: Leonard Kelly Gave Evidence (Source Here & Here)

Wednesday 1st December 2004: Lorraine Fleming TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE (Media Article Here)

Thursday 2nd December 2004: Dean Houston & Grant Elliot Gave Evidence Rosemary Walsh TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE Andrew Holburn TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE Carol Heatlie TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE (Media Article Here, Here & Here)

Friday 3rd December 2004: David High TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE (Media Articles Here, Here & Here)

Monday 6th December 2004: George Ramage, Nicholas Frankland & Patricia Frankland Gave Evidence (Source Here)

Tuesday 9th December 2004: Trial Adjourned Until Wednesday (Source Here)

Wednesday 8th December 2004: Jury Visited Killer Luke Mitchell’s Crime Scene (Source Here & Here)

Thursday 9th December 2004: High Court Was Convened To Laigh Hall, In Parliament House Where A Replica Of A Stretch Of The Roan Dyke’s Wall Had Been Erected – Janine Jones TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE

Friday 10th December 2004: Janine Jones TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE Steven Kelly TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE

Friday Lunchtime: Killer Luke Mitchell Claimed He Became Unwell At Lunchtime So Trial Was Adjouned Until Monday (Source Here)

Monday 13th December 2004: Steven Kelly TRIAL TESTIMONY (SEE 10th Dec LINK) Media Article Here – Alice Walker TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE

Tuesday 14th December 2004: Derek Scrimger & Mark Heron Gave Evidence (Source Here)

Wednesday 15th December 2004: Jonathan Whitaker & Susan Ure Gave Evidence (Source Here)

Thursday 16th December 2004: Brian Clifton & Dc Stephen Livingstone Gave Evidence (Source Here)
Pc Anita Dow TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE

Friday 17th December 2004: Dc Steven Livingston Gave Evidence (Source Here) Parts Of Killer Luke Mitchell’s 22 Page Written Witness Statement Read To The Jury Dc Alan Towers TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE

Monday 20th December 2004: Parts Of Killer Luke Mitchell’s 22 Page Written Witness Statement Read To The Jury (Source Here & Here) Dc Alan Towers TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE Dc Michelle Lindsay TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE

Tuesday 21st December 2004: Dc Michelle Lindsay’s Evidence Was Cut Short For Legal Argument’s On Monday & Resumed On Tuesday Dc Stephen Quinn Gave Evidence (Source Here & Here & Here) Jury Heard Killer Luke Mitchell’s Recorded Police Interview From 4th July 2003

Wednesday 22nd December 2004: Dc Stephen Quinn Continued To Give Evidence Re Killer Luke Mitchell

Thursday 23rd December 2004: Dc Stephen Quinn Continued To Give Evidence Re Killer Luke Mitchell (Source Here) Marilyn Manson DVD Played For Jury (Media Article Here) Sgt George Thomson TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE

Friday 24th December 2004: Sgt George Thomson Gave Further Evidence (Source Here)

Wednesday 29th December 2004: Sgt George Thomson TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE Jury Heard Parts Of Killer Luke Mitchell’s Recorded Police Interview From 14th August 2003

Thursday 30th December 2004: Sgt George Thomson TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE Jury Heard More Of Killer Luke Mitchell’s Police Interview From The 14th August 2003 & Kimberley Thomson Gave Evidence (Source Here)

Wednesday 5th January 2005: Dc Brian Melrose Gave Evidence Re Killer Luke Mitchell & Paragraphs Of Laura Wightman’s July 2003 & September 2004 Witness Statements Were Read To The Jury (Source Here)

Thursday 6th January 2005: Dc Adam Brunton & Anthony Busuttil Gave Evidence (Source Here & Here)

Friday 7th January 2005: Anthony Busuttil Continued To Give Evidence, Derek Morris Gave Evidence & Statement Of Pathologist For Defence Read To Jury (Source Here)

Monday 10th January 2005: DI William Cravens (Media Arricles Here & Here) – Shane Mitchell TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE – Trial Later Adjourned Because Juror Became Unwell

Tuesday 11th January 2005: Trial Was Adjourned Because Juror Was Unwell (Source Here)

Wednesday 12th January 2005: Shane Mitchell TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE (Media Article Here)

Thursday 13th January 2005: Shane Mitchell TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE Corinne Mitchell TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE (Media Article Here)

Friday 14th January 2005: Corinne Mitchell TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE (Media Article Here)

Monday 17th January 2005: Natalie Wright, Raymond McCloy, James Aitken, DCI Ronald Miller, Dr Kranti Hiremath, Marion O’Sullivan & Derek Hamilton Gave Evidence (Source Here & Here & Here)

Tuesday 18th January 2005: Prosecutor Alan Cauldwell Gave Closing Speech To Jury (Source Here)

Charges Against Killer Luke Mitchell For Knife Possession Between 1st May To December 2003 Were Formally Dropped (Source Here)

Wednesday 19th January 2005: Donald Findlay, Defending Killer Luke Mitchell, Gave His Closing Speech To The Jury (Source Here)

Sadistic Teen Killer Luke Mitchell Apparently Turned His Room At St Mary’s Secure Unit in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow Into A Shrine To Satan & Boasted Before The Jury’s Verdict That He Would ‘Get Away With It’ (Source Here)

Corinne Mitchell Was Apparently Planning A “Homecoming Party” For Her Killer Son (Source Here)

Thursday 20th January 2005: Jury Retired To Consider Their Verdict At 11:26am At 4:19pm The Jury Were “Nowhere Near Reaching A Verdict” (Source Here)

Friday 21st January 2005: The Jury Returned With Their Verdict At 11:39 & Found Sadistic Teen Killer & Sexual Deviant Luke Mitchell Was Guilty (Source Here)

11th February 2005: Killer Luke Mitchell Was Sentenced To Detention Without Limit Of Time, The Punishment Part Imposed Being 20 Years (Source Here)