Neil MacKay, pictured above, who was referred to in Part 261 of this ongoing blog series (which can be read by tapping on the button below) referred to killer Luke Mitchell in 2021 as a “Satan-worshipping, scary, gothic character”.
As previously stated in Part 261 of this ongoing blog series, Neil MacKay claimed in 2021 that he “visited” killer Luke Mitchell in “jail”.
When exactly did this alleged “jail” visit take place and if Neil MacKay did visit with killer Luke Mitchell why didn’t he report on this visit?
Below are excerpts from a 2021 Herald article written by Neil MacKay;
In the run-up to (Luke) Mitchell’s trial I received a very strange phone call from a senior police officer in which I was told a number of unsubstantiated and shocking claims about (Luke)Mitchell.
I was told (Luke) Mitchell was definitely guilty.
In all my years as a reporter – covering some of the most serious crimes in recent British criminal history, including major terrorist offences – I’ve never received such a phone call from police.
A lot of the telephone conversation centred on (Luke) Mitchell’s love of gothic music and his alternative lifestyle.
Suzy Hall, who was referred to in the previous Part of this blog series here has contacted Innocence Fraud Watch to say “I believe Neil”.
It is not known why Suzy Hall believes Neil MacKay, however as previously stated; why would an alleged “senior police officer” linked to the original investigation contact a random reporter in Glasgow to allegedly speak about a 14/15 year old murder suspects “love of gothic music and hisalternative lifestyle”? – this sounds ludicrous!
On the 21st July 2023 Suzy Hall tweeted a quote from crime reporter Jane Hamilton.
Jane Hamilton stated in 2021;
there were no secret briefings about (Luke) Mitchell to the media
and there has been zero evidence provided to support that there ever was!
Suzy Hall is under the wrong impression that Jane Hamilton lied in her article.
Suzy Hall
If Jane Hamilton had lied, why did Neil MacKay choose to remain silent and not address Jane Hamilton’s statement?
Other than Neil MacKay’s article in 2021, when did he previously write anything on killer Luke Mitchell?
Maybe Suzy Hall should ask Neil MacKay to provide the name of this alleged “senior police officer” who allegedly rang him to allegedly have a conversation about a 14/15 year old murder suspects “love of gothic music and hisalternative lifestyle”.
Innocence Fraud Watch asked Neil MacKay in March 2021 who the police officer who allegedly contacted him was;
In 2007 scammer Sandra Lean made comparisons to guilty killers John Taft and Simon Hall’s cases to that of guilty killer Luke Mitchell.
Sandra Lean stated;
Like Simon Hall and John Taft, a central aspect to the case involves a piece of clothing claimed to have belonged to the defendant, but that claim is never, at any point, backed up by proof.
Also, as with Simon Hall, the lack of a definitive time of death allows a presumption to be presented almost as fact – neither Luke nor Simon had a cast iron alibi at a specific time, therefore the prosecution presumes that to be the time of death.
Failure of forensic experts to attend the scene in a timely manner allowed evidence to be lost in both of these cases.
Finally, as with Derek Christian and Simon Hall, we are asked to believe that Luke Mitchell suddenly and inexplicably “flipped,” behaving in a manner which is completely uncharacteristic, then almost instantly returns to normal.
Excerpts from Sandra Lean’s 1st discredited book No Smoke: The Shocking Truth About British Justice (first published in May 2007)
Tap on the button below to read a copy of scammer Sandra Lean’s chapter on guilty killer Luke Mitchell;
Common sense would surely suggest that people would question Sandra Lean’s credibility and that if she got so much so wrong in cases like guilty killers John Taft and Simon Hall’s cases, how much has she got wrong in killer Luke Mitchell’s case.
Suzy Hall
Roddy McKendry
Heather Brunt
Heather Brunt, Roddy McKendry and Suzy Hall do not appear concerned by Sandra Lean’s misleading and false innocence fraud narratives.
Abusive troll Heather Brunt recently published a copy of a photograph of her latest target – an innocent man called James Falconer.
Roddy McKendry and Suzy Hall chose to comment underneath with their own deluded nonsense.
As much as these people say the worst thing ever is “accusing an innocent person”, they choose to do it anyway – as is evidenced below;
A February 2008 media article here stated that a “used condom was found 50 metres from the spot where Jodi was killed”.
As for Falconer, the defence say a recently used condom was found 50 metres from the murder scene.
DNA swabs matched a sample taken from Falconer two months ago.
The defence papers declare:
“His explanation given to police for semen in a condom lacked credibility and aspects of his statement have proven to be false.
Common sense would again surely suggest that innocent James Falconer may have met up with someone back in June 2003 and had “safe sex” by choosing to use a condom.
It is not known if James Falconer wrote his own witness statement or if a police officer wrote it for him.
However what is known is that James Falconer was ruled out of the investigation and his name was dropped from the 2008 appeal.
Innocent James Falconer had nothing whatsoever to do with killer Luke Mitchell’s murderous crimes.
During Part 1 of the 2021 channel 5 TV innocence fraud show entitled Murder In A Small Town killer Luke Mitchell’s mother Corinne Mitchell stated;
I sprinted up to the police station
Eh asked where my child and my dog were
I was shown into a room
And the sight was just horrendous
Luke was sitting in ah white forensic suit
He had been stripped naked
Corinne Mitchell (At approx 25:06)
Court Of Appeal Judges Judgment Demonstrates Inconsistencies In Corinne Mitchell’s Story
However the 2008 court of appeal judgement had previously described a different version of events.
The appeal court judges indicated in their written judgement that killer Luke Mitchell did not give his permission for his clothing to be taken until after he had concluded his 22 page written witness statement.
An excerpt from paragraph 159 of the 2008 court of appeal judgement stated:
At the conclusion of the interview with the accused, which was not under caution and in respect of which evidence had been led without objection, he agreed to the taking of his clothes by the police and the examination of his person and the taking of a blood sample by a police surgeon
What Year & Date Did Neil MacKay Visit With Killer Luke Mitchell?
Neil MacKay, who chose to appear in the 2021 channel 5 two part TV innocence fraud show titled Murder In A SmallTown, stated at the time sadistic killer Luke Mitchell chose to commit his murder of Jodi Jones🌻 “there was a moral panic around teenagers listening to music their parents found disagreeable”.
It is not known if Corinne Mitchell was aware of this alleged “moral panic” at the time her youngest son Luke Mitchell chose to commit his murder, however Neil MacKay also stated;
As a reporter, I later visited (Luke) Mitchell in jail, and spoke with his mother
Special Permission To Visit Murderer
It is also not known when exactly Neil MacKay visited with sadistic killer Luke Mitchell.
However what is known is that in order for Neil MacKay to visit with killer Luke Mitchell he would have required “specialpermission” to do so.
Killer Luke Mitchell would have also been required to put in an application to his prison Governor to obtain permission for a visit with Neil MacKay.
It is also not known when exactly Neil MacKay spoke with Corinne Mitchell and what exactly the killer and his mother Corinne spoke to Neil MacKay about.
Why Would A “Senior Police Officer” Linked To The Investigation Allegedly Contact A Random Glasgow Based Reporter “In The Run-Up To Mitchell’s Trial”?
Neil Mackay stated in his February 2021 article for the Herald that he was “a reporter” at the time killer Luke Mitchell committed his murder.
According to a bio on Neil MacKay here it states that he was “originally from Antrim, in NorthernIreland” and “worked in Belfast before moving to Glasgow in 1996”.
Neil MacKay stated;
I was investigations editor with the Herald newspapers at the time of the Jodi Jones murder, and I appear as a interviewee in the documentary Murder In A Small Town.
In the run-up to (Luke) Mitchell’s trial I received a very strange phone call from a senior police officer in which I was told a number of unsubstantiated and shocking claims about Mitchell.
I was told Mitchell was definitely guilty.
In all my years as a reporter – covering some of the most serious crimes in recent British criminal history, including major terrorist offences – I’ve never received such a phone call from police.
A lot of the telephone conversation centred on (Luke) Mitchell’s love of Goth music and his alternative lifestyle.
What articles did Neil MacKay write and have published in 2003, 2004 and 2005, if any and why would a “senior police officer” linked to the investigation allegedly contact Neil MacKay, a random reporter in Glasgow about sadistic killer Luke Mitchell?
There is no evidence anywhere to suggest Neil MacKay even attended the killers 2004/05 trial.
The Herald Reporting
Innocence Fraud Watch included excerpts from an article written and published by the Herald which reported on Judith Jones evidence regarding her 10:20pm text message to killer Luke Mitchell in Part 195 of this ongoing blog series.
Part 195 can be read by tapping on the button below;
From Reporting Text Message At 10:20pm Then Changing It To 10:41pm Almost A Month Later
Then almost one month after Judith Jones gave her evidence, detective constable (Dc) Alan Towers was called to give evidence in regards to the killers evidence.
Almost a month after the jury were told Judith Jones texted killer Luke Mitchell at 10:20pm the Herald published the following excerpts;
Detective Constable Alan Towers, 43, said that Mr Mitchell wrote a statement which ran to 22 pages.
A text message to his mobile from Jodi’s mother at 10.41pm the previous night first alerted him to the fact that something was wrong, he said.
The jury heard how Mr Mitchell then met Jodi’s grandmother, sister and the sister’s boyfriend, and continued searching along the wooded Roan’s Dyke path in Dalkeith, Midlothian. “They were panicky, ” he told Mr Towers
The statement, read in court by the detective, continued:
“We walked past the V-shaped break in the wall and a few yards past that, not even 20 yards past that..
Excerpts from an article by The Herald dated the 21st of December 2004 – Read full article here
Why did the Herald go from reporting Judith Jones text message as being sent at 10:20pm on the 27th November 2004 to then adding almost 21 minutes to this time, almost a month later?
More on killer Luke Mitchell’s evidence can be read in Part 65 of this ongoing blog series, which can be found by tapping on the button below,
Scammer Scott Forbes did not “come forward” until “some 18 months” after sadistic killer Luke Mitchell had been found guilty for his murder on 21st January 2005.
Scott Forbes did not make a statement until January 2008.
Excerpts from a February 2008 Herald article headed Man named in appeal tried to sell story to newspapers stated;
A man who claimed to have vital evidence which could clear Luke Mitchell of the horrific murder of his girlfriend, Jodi Jones, hoped to get a massive pay-off from selling his story, appeal judges heard yesterday.
Mitchell’s defence team wants the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh to hear more about claims that a cannabis smoker with unusual tastes in rock music and internet violence might be a possible “suspect”.
He was supposed to have been near the woods where Jodi, 14, was murdered in June, 2003, to have been acting strangely in the days following and to have sustained unexplained injuries to his face.
Donald Findlay, QC, said that the drug addict, named only as Mark Kane, “ticked all the same boxes” as Mitchell.
The lawyer told appeal judges that Mitchell’s defence team had been made aware of the addict by another man, Scott Forbes, who had first come forward some 18 months after Mitchell had been convicted of Jodi’s murder and given a life sentence.
Mr Findlay said that Mr Forbes had sworn out a statement last month and his claims were being investigated.
But John Beckett, QC, for the Crown, revealed that police investigations cast doubt on what Mr Forbes had told solicitors – and a BBC Frontline Scotland programme in May last year.
Innocent Mark Kane was traced and eliminated during the police investigation via CCTV.
Scott Forbes & Heather Brunt’s Bare Faced Lies About The Killers Hidden Trousers, Seized From Newbattle Abbey Crescent
In Part 253 of this ongoing blog series, Scott Forbes is evidenced confirming killer Luke Mitchell had not stayed at his father Philip Mitchell’s house in Livingstone “for weeks” before he committed his murder.
Fraudster Scott Forbes told numerous lies in his self published defamatory book.
The following is an excerpt from the defamatory book where Scott Forbes lies about killer Luke Mitchell hidden trousers with Jodi Jones🌻 DNA found on them;
Jodi Jones’ DNA was found on a pair of trousers belonging to Luke Mitchell. The trousers were in a holdall at his father’s house in Livingston, a home he hadn’t been to for at least a fortnight prior to the murder of Jodi. The evidence was, therefore, deemed irrelevant and agreed to be dismissed.
False statements by Scott Forbes taken from page 24 of his self published defamatory book
Abuser Heather Brunt, who is referred to in Part252 of this blog series, re-produced Scott Forbes bare faced lie about killer Luke Mitchell’s hidden trousers on the 12th July 2023 via her Twitter social media account, as can be seen in the screenshot below;
Killer Luke Mitchell’s trousers, which had Jodi Jones🌻 DNA on them, were hidden in a holdall in his home at Newbattle Abbey Crescent NOT his father Philip Mitchell’s house in Livingstone.
Corinne Mitchell also highlighted this fact well over a decade ago, when she posted on un-convicted baby killer Billy Middleton’s WAP website forum.
Below is a reproduction of one of Corinne Mitchell’s posts, taken from the now defunct WAP forum;
The above was copied from the UK Justice forum here
Again, killer Luke Mitchell’s hold-all was seized from his mother Corinne Mitchell’s house.
The excuse was that the hold-all was used by the killer when he stayed at his father Philip Mitchell’s house in Livingstone, not that it was seized from Philip Mitchell’s house!
Tap on the button below to read about reporting Scott Forbes’ self published defamatory book;
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“As a teenager Joseph Jones found his father in the garden, who had committed suicide by hanging himself. It was reported that Joseph was never the same again, and that he partly blamed his sister for his fathers suicide. The night before Mr Jones hung himself, a nine year old Jodi walked into an “adult party” in the living room of her house. She ran out of the room grabbing a large bottle of vodka in protest. The following morning Joseph found his father in the garden.”
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Tap on the button below to read more on liars and abusers convicted killer Luke Mitchell, Scott Forbes and Sandra Lean;
You know f all about Lukes fam and coz you are not aware of certain details you make up pile a tripe and when people like me know you are wrong it shows me and others just how absolutely ridiculous you are it's embarrassing You'll say "well prove it" No you go get smarter 😑😂
Danielle Barclay is also not aware of all of killer Luke Mitchell’s evidence that he and his deceptive enablers have kept hidden from their “followers” – for 20 years!
Why doesn’t Danielle Barclay ask killer Luke Mitchell and scammer Sandra Lean to publish his 22 page written witness statement, along with the transcripts of his 4th July and 14th August 2003 recorded police interviews?
Parts of the killers 1st July 2003 22 page written witness statement were read to the jury via the testimony of detective constable Alan Towers on the 20th December 2004.
Tap on the button below to read more on the killers 22 page written statement;
On the 21st and 24th of December 2004, the jury also got to hear evidence of some of the audio of the killers police interviews.
The media reported very few details from the killers 22 page written witness statement and very few details from the audio recordings of his subsequent police interviews.
As referred to in the previous Part of this ongoing blog series, Roberta Glass from the Roberta Glass True Crime Report recently published a video called Free Psycho Killer Luke Mitchell! which can be listened to below;
Roberta Glass referred to the numerous bottles of urine found in the bedroom of killer Luke Mitchell during the police search of the house he was living in at the time he committed his murder.
In response, one of the killers most abusive and vicious cult followers Heather Brunt made a clip of Roberta Glass referring to the bottles of urine.
Along with her short clip Heather Brunt stated;
Please Listen ( Only 12sec) And Share How Vicious Roberta Glass is Laughing At A Traumatized Child Who’d Just Seen His Murdered & Mutilated G/f What An EVIL COW
Psychologist recognise it as a thing people do after trauma, well what #LukeMitchell experienced as a child you couldn’t get more traumatising
Heather Brunt
Very little gets me mad but to laugh AT a child’s distress, what an utter embarrassment of a human being
Heather Brunt
Bottles of urine under his bed because of trauma, doesn’t make him a murderer. She’s a wicked person
Heather Brunt
In response to Heather Brunt’s statements Karolina Polcik stated;
she’s evil
Karolina Polcik
Killer Had Been Urininating In Bottles Before His Murder
Killer Luke Mitchell had been urinating in bottles and keeping them in his bedroom before he committed his murder on the 30th of June 2003.
Bottles containing urine were found in the killers bedroom on the 4th of July 2003 by police during there search and also on others occasions when searches were carried out.
A Scotsman article stated;
It was the strong smell of ammonia which first struck detectives when they walked into Luke Mitchell’s bedroom.
If that initially puzzled them, then their next discovery would startle even the most hardened investigators.
There lying under the teenager’s bed were bottle after bottle of a cloudy liquid, looking suspiciously like urine.
More bottles were hidden away in drawers, some wrapped up in socks. Soon there were 20 bottles lying in front of the bewildered detectives. Lab tests would later show they were the 15-year-old’s own urine.
John Beckett QC, representing the Crown, told Lords Hamilton, Osborne and Kingarth:
“His explanation was that because he slept on top of a bunk bed it was more convenient to do that than to do anything else.
“It was to show that explanation was untrue. The new ones (bottles) came at a time when his position was that he was sleeping in the living room next to his mother, or something like that”
Mr Beckett argued the evidence was presented in anticipation the defence would attempt to show Mitchell had the bedroom of a “normal” teenager.
Excerpts from the 16th May 2008 court of appeal judgement stated;
..the trial judge gave clear directions to the jury that they should not judge the appellant on the basis of his personal conduct or habits or lifestyle, except to the extent that these might be relevant to the issues of fact which they had to decide.
We have come to the view that, in the particular circumstances before him, the trial judge did not err in allowing the evidence in question to be led and that there is no merit in this ground of appeal.
[128] The background to this matter is fully disclosed in the report from the trial judge.
During the search of 203 Newbattle Abbey Crescent on 4 July 2003 a number of bottles containing liquid were found in the appellant’s bedroom, some on and some under the bed.
This was a cabin type bed and the appellant slept on the upper level.
Some of the bottles could be seen in a book of photographs containing photographs of the appellant’s bedroom.
Forensic examination indicated that the liquid was urine. During the evidence of Mahasweta Roy, a forensic scientist, she was asked by the Advocate depute about the relevant passage in a forensic science report.
[131] At a later stage the Crown sought to lead a passage from a police interview with the appellant on 14 August 2003 in which the appellant explained why he had kept the bottles – broadly, that he had started urinating in bottles because one time he had fallen off his bed when he got up to go to the toilet during the night, that he had hurt his head and had woken everyone up in the house.
Why didn’t killer Luke Mitchell use the bathroom, instead of urinating in bottles and keeping them in his bedroom, when he was allegedly sleeping downstairs in the living room?
Also why didn’t his mother Corinne Mitchell encourage her son to clean the urine bottles out of his room and use the bathroom instead?
Scammer Sandra Lean’s Myth
Sandra Lean falsely claimed in her 1st discredited book;
Another complete red herring was the finding of bottles of urine found in Luke’s bedroom. Just what, exactly, these had to do with Luke‟s likelihood of having been Jodi’s murderer is still unclear, yet the finding of these bottles was given great significance by both the prosecution and the press, in a blatant attempt to encourage suspicion and revulsion towards Luke Mitchell.
The perfectly innocent explanation – that the trauma of events had triggered a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), compelling him to “hold on” to literally everything, never made it to the public domain.
In reality, “thetrauma of events” linked to Luke Mitchell’s murder of Jodi Jones🌻 could not have “triggered” him into urinating into bottles prior to his murder!
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