Philip Joseph found Barry George far more competent than he made himself out to be to.
A media article stated;
Dr Philip Joseph, another leading psychiatrist who was called by the prosecution, said George was “far more competent” than tests would suggest and capable of lying in police interviews.
While some of his behaviour could be attributed to his epilepsy and cognitive impairment, his stalking of women appeared to stem from an “intense anger” caused by rejection, Dr Joseph said.
Niamh Horan, who’s 1st of October 2023 article for the Irish independent was referred to in Part 16here and Part 17here, also made the following statements – in which she quoted Michelle Diskin Bates;
Following his acquittal, the family — including George — visited the Isle of Wight for a holiday.
She says her brother moved to Ireland not to escape media attention, but “to escape the police”.
“A horrible thing happened to a 16-year-old girl in the area where we were staying.
She was attacked,” Diskin Bates recalls.
“Weeks later I had gone back to Ireland and the [British] police wanted to speak with Barry.”
Diskin Bates says after the Isle of Wight attack her brother’s solicitor had asked the police if George was a suspect and they had said no.
But then, “the police went to my mother’s home anyway where they thought Barry was staying.
“She said, ‘If you want to know what happened, speak to my daughter.’
Nobody ever came near me, but I had to almost secrete Barry out of the country of his birth and get him into Ireland where he would be safe.”
Niamh Horgan for the Irish Independent article headed ‘My brother was cleared of Jill Dando’s murder, but he won’t be free until the real killer is caught’ dated 1st October 2023
As already stated in Part 20 of this blog series here, Barry George spent the night of the 8th August 2008 in a hotel in London.
On the 9th August 2008 he then travelled to Southsea, which is near Portsmouth with his sister Michelle and mother Margaret, where they met up with innocence fraud killer Sion Jenkins and his wife Tina.
Barry George, his sister and mother then travelled across to the Isle of Wight for around thirteen days, where they stayed in the Farringford house hotel.
Michelle Diskin Bates stated that it was Barry Loveday from Portsmouth university who had recommended Farringford house to her. Michelle stated in 2018;
Barry Loveday had suggested a hotel to me on the Isle of Wight. It was on the other side of the island, furthest away from the ferry ports, but that was not the only reason for the recommendation. He had felt that we would benefit from a little luxury, and also the peace and privacy this hotel complex could provide. It would be the perfect retreat for our little family to start getting to know each other again.
Michelle Diskin Bates from her book Stand Against Injustice published in October 2018
There is no evidence anywhere that Barry George was a suspect in relation to the alleged attack on a 16 year-old girl.
However what there was evidence of – was someone (or more than one person) feeding the media with numerous stories.
Birds Of A Feather
A 30th August 2008 media article stated;
Barry George and Sion Jenkins, both wrongly convicted of two of Britain’s most notorious murders, have struck up an unlikely close friendship.
He had vowed to return to his flat in Fulham, South West London, after wrongly serving seven years in jail.
Mr Jenkins, 50, was sentenced to life in 1998 for the murder of his 13-year-old foster daughter Billie-Jo, who was battered to death with a metal tent spike in the garden of their home in Hastings, East Sussex.
He was released on appeal in 2004. Two retrials failed when neither jury could agree a verdict and Mr Jenkins was formally acquitted of murder in February, 2006.
His first wife Lois divorced him after his conviction and moved to Tasmania with their four daughters. After Mr Jenkins’s release he married Tina, a nurse and mother of one, who wrote to him while he was in prison.
She sold her £1million mews home in Belgravia and the couple moved to Southsea.
A source said that Mr Jenkins first met Ms Diskin at a seminar on miscarriages of justice run by Barry Loveday, a reader in criminal justice administration at the University of Portsmouth.
The source added that Mr Jenkins had told Ms Diskin that her brother could stay with him if he needed a place away from media attention after his release.
A spokesman for Mr George said: ‘I am aware they are good friends and I can confirm they have spent time together since Barry’s release.’
Mr George, who lives in Hackney, East London, is said to have spent a week on holiday with Mr Jenkins on the Isle of Wight last month.
He also stayed at the home Mr Jenkins shares with his second wife Tina in Southsea, Hampshire, for three days.
Last night, the Mail was told it was not a permanent arrangement.
Mr George, who has spent seven years in jail, still plans to move back to Fulham, West London, where Miss Dando was murdered.
Mr George’s spokesman, Surjit Singh Clair, said: ‘The men are friends, I can confirm that. I think the friendship started around six months ago and it was cemented when Barry came out.’
After his release, Mr George admitted he could not have shot dead Miss Dando on the doorstep of her Fulham home, as he was stalking another woman at the time.
Two weeks ago, the convicted sex attacker was stopped and searched by police after making several visits to the BBC Crimewatch presenter’s former home.
How Long Was Surjit Singh Clair Stirring Things Up For?
Surjit Singh Clair’s name came up in further media articles around this time, including one in which it was stated Barry George had visited his “murder scene twice;”
Last night George’s agent confirmed he had visited the murder scene twice since his release.
Surjit Singh Clair said: “Yes, it’s true Barry has been back to Gowan Avenue twice.
“In his mind he wants to clear what he says are the demons from his past.
“His supporters have also urged him to do it, saying it would be a healthy thing to do for him to help him move on with his life.
“Friday was a routine stop and search in Hackney, nothing more.
“Earlier he had been to Fulham to see a friend but wouldn’t tell me any more I’m afraid.”
There was also an article written by David Jones for the DailyMail in which Surjit Singh Clair had again stated Barry George had mentioned visiting his victims “grave a few times”.
David Jones also referred to receiving an “angry email” from Michelle Diskin Bates.
Excerpts from David Jones article read;
During the interview he gave (or rather sold for £80,000) to a down-market tabloid after his release, George insisted he was never fixated with the 37-year-old star, as the prosecution had alleged.
Yet if George wasn’t obsessed with Jill at the time she was murdered, he certainly is now.
He spends hour upon hour poring over books and websites about her – and, now, with a breathtaking lack of insight into the likely furore, he aims to travel 150miles from London to the West Country.
‘Barry has mentioned visiting the grave a few times,’ his spokesman Surjit Singh Clair told me this week.
‘It’s something he definitely wants to do. He just feels there’s a connection between them – they’ve been tragically brought together.’
George has also discussed his plans with his confidante, his sister, Michelle Diskin.
‘Barry spent eight years in jail for a murder he didn’t do,’ Mr Singh Clair said.
‘He’s become entwined with her life and she has played a huge part in his. He wants to exorcise Jill’s ghost, and say: “I don’t want you to think I hold any hard feelings against you.”
Regrettably, it is. George’s spokesman says he might request permission from Jill’s family – and if so, he could receive a surprisingly favourable reaction.
For with remarkable magnanimity, Nigel Dando said that he would not object to the visit. ‘It might give Mr George cause to ponder and reflect,’ he said, when told of George’s plans.
‘If he looks respectable and takes flowers, and perhaps goes with a friend or relative rather than slinking around on his own, then it wouldn’t look too bad. It’s his personal choice.’
Regrettably, it is. George’s spokesman says he might request permission from Jill’s family – and if so, he could receive a surprisingly favourable reaction.
For with remarkable magnanimity, Nigel Dando said that he would not object to the visit. ‘It might give Mr George cause to ponder and reflect,’ he said, when told of George’s plans.
Mr Singh Clair is a Midlands-based freelance journalist who was enlisted by the Miscarriages of Justice Organisation (MOJO) to promote George’s cause four years ago, when he was battling to overturn his murder conviction.
He brokered the £80,000 interview deal after George’s acquittal, and he is now among the trusted inner circle who proffer assistance to George…
Others in ‘Team Barry’ include his sister, who flits between London and her home in Cork, his careworn 72-year-old mother, Margaret, and an old friend named Robert Charig, who can’t work because he suffers a neurological complaint, and so has time to dispense sympathy and homespun advice.
Fringe members of the coterie include Sion Jenkins, who was cleared of murdering his own 13-year-old foster daughter Billie-Jo in 2006, after serving six years of a life sentence.
This week, Mr Jenkins denied reports that George has stayed at his Hampshire home, but admitted having met him and lent his support.
Meanwhile, a few weeks later, a 26-year-old woman complained to the police that a man fitting George’s description had pestered her as she served in an upmarket speciality tea and coffee shop in West London.
The most recent story surfaced only last weekend.
George was reported to have cycled seven miles across London in the rain to the HQ of Sky News, marched in unannounced and insisted on meeting the woman who interviewed him after his release – glamorous news anchor Kay Burley.
George’s people dismiss all these damaging claims as a concoction of lies and half-truths.
Their man was on a pelican crossing when he was stopped on suspicion of ‘casing’ cars in Hackney, they say. He has complained to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, and two of his support workers, who just happened to be watching, will be his witnesses.
In an angry email to me this week, Michelle Diskin claimed her brother was the victim of a media-driven plot designed to smear and intimidate him.
On the day he murdered Jill Dando, killer Barry George was seen by Julia Moorhouse at around 12.33pm.
Julia Moorhouse said that Barry George had crossed the road to talk to her around an hour after he had committed his murder.
Excerpts from a Guardian article read;
Mrs Moorhouse said she had been standing on the corner of a street close to the murder scene at 12.30pm on April 26 when a man approached and started talking to her about the helicopters hovering overhead.
“He said they were police helicopters. He gave details of what kind they were. He appeared to have technical knowledge… I turned to go. He came with me. I did not expect that.
“The whole situation struck me as slightly odd. He mentioned the Territorial Army. I think he may have said he had done training or was associated with it… either as an instructor or something”
Uncle Mike Burke referred to a conversation he had with his nephew Barry George’s barristers William Clegg and Jeffrey Samuels and stated;
Uncle Mike Burke
Outside the courtroom I spoke with Mr Clegg and Samuels.
We discussed Julia Moorhouse, the women who described being spoken to by a man who could have been Barry approx an hour after Jill Dando’s murder.
I felt her description of the man was too like Barry to be coincidence, and as she reported the meeting to the police straight away on that day it sounded genuine.
We agreed the man she met probably was Barry but disagreed as to whether they met before of after he had visited HAFAD.
The Crown claimed before, which would support their case
Excerpts from Mike Burke’s book Mike’s Story: The Battle to Clear Barry George of the Jill Dando Murder first published in June 2011– Source here
Barry George admitted he had spoken to Julia Moorhouse when he spoke to the media following his retrial.
As previously referred to in Part 18 of this blog series here, Mike Burke also highlighted this fact stating;
In their ‘World Exclusive’ he was quoted as saying ‘After leaving HAFAD I bumped into a woman who was later a prosecution witness and said I was stalking her…That was at 12.33pm…’
That was obviously a reference to Julia Moorhouse who he had always denied meeting.
Excerpts by uncle Mike Burke
One Of Umpteen Innocence Fraud Red Flags
Michelle Diskin Bates chose to ghost Julia Moorhouse and her evidence from a book she had published in 2018, preferring instead to refer to the actress Julia Roberts.
Yet she repeatedly claims;
When he was released from custody in August 2008, Barry George publicly stated he had met with Julia Moorhouse. He stated;
I walked with her for a bit and, from her perspective, maybe it was unwanted attention. But she didn’t make that clear.
It didn’t seem like she was telling me to go away.
If she’d told me to leave I’d have done so straight away.
That was at 12.33pm.
I know because just a minute before I’d made a call from my mobile to check how much credit I had left.
Statements by Barry George on 1st August 2008 – Source here
Michael Naughton, who was involved in the innocence fraud of killer Simon Hall, wrote the foreword for Michelle Diskin Bates.
With every new victim, his predatory skills were sharpened, and he became craftier at luring his targets to the metaphorical stove with the giant pot of water
Laura Wightman and Luke Mitchell
Target/Girlfriend Kimberley Thomson
At around 44:35 during a 1st May 2023 youtube video titled keeping the record straight scammer Sandra Lean stated,
The previous relationship with Kimberley
They had a holiday romance
She did come to see him in the January
The December to January of 2003
Before he met Jodi
And that was the end of the contact
Sandra Lean
This is yet another of Sandra Lean’s bare faced lies!
Sadistic killer Luke Mitchell visited Kimberly Thomson on Valentine’s Day in February 2003 and was due to physically see her again on the 5th July 2003.
Luke Mitchell continued to give Kimberley Thomson the impression that he was her boyfriend, right up until he committed his murder on 30th June 2003.
A December 2004 BBC news story reads,
Kimberley Thomson told the jury she had been the girlfriend of Luke Mitchell, the youth accused of murdering Jodi.
Miss Thomson said that when she read about Jodi’s death and the fact that Jodi had been Mr Mitchell’s girlfriend, she was annoyed.
She said: “I was upset. I knew he had obviously been cheating on me”
When asked how she would describe her relationship with Mr Mitchell, she said:
“Boyfriend and girlfriend.”
Mr Mitchell visited Kenmore in the autumn of 2002 and Miss Thomson stayed at the Mitchell home in Dalkeith from Boxing Day until just after New Year.
The accused also visited her on St Valentine’s Day 2003.
There were also telephone records and text messages which supported the fact that Luke Mitchell was giving Kimberley Thomson this impression.
Another media story reads,
The judges were informed (Luke) Mitchell told police investigating the murder he had not spoken to Kimberley since January 2003, but records showed 79 calls between then and the end of June.
There was also a Valentine’s Day visit.
Just two days before her murder, Jodi left (Luke) Mitchell’s house, by taxi, about 10pm.
After that there was a series of long telephone calls, totalling more than three hours.
Mr Beckett said it was an example of how (Luke) Mitchell was prepared to lie, even in the face of known evidence.
Scammer Sandra Lean went on to state in her keeping the record straight YouTube video,
So whatever kind of relationship he was having with Kimberley
After that was not sexual
Sandra Lean
The video then played a sound bite by YouTuber What They Found, who said,
Jodi at one point believed that Luke was cheating on her when confiding with best friend Kirsten Ford
What They Found
Sadistic Killer Luke Mitchell Was Targeting Numerous Girls All At Once
Sandra Lean replied in response to the above statement,
That makes me very sad
There was a point at which Jodi wondered if Luke was cheating on her
Not with Kimberley
Somebody else
And do you know what made her wonder about that
Her mum suggested it
There was another good friend that, female friend, that they went about with
All the time
And her mum suggested that maybe Luke had something going with the friend as well
Jo, eh Jodi approached both of them
They were both absolutely horrified
And reassured her that that was absolutely not the case
Sandra Lean
Target/Girlfriend Laura Wightman
Luke Mitchell was “cheating on” Jodi Jones with numerous other girls and in reality Sandra Lean had no idea why Jodi Jones “wondered if Luke was cheating on her”.
The “goodfriend” referred to by Sandra Lean was Laura Wightman.
Kirsten Ford, one of Jodi Jones closest friends, spoke to reporter Jane Hamilton about Laura Wightman and Luke Mitchell “cheating” on Jodi Jones.
Jane Hamilton’s story read in part,
Months before she was killed, the 14-year-old told closest pal Kirsten Ford: ‘Luke has all these knives in his bedroom. Isn’t that weird?’
Last night, Kirsten, now 16, said: ‘Jodi was disturbed by it. She wouldn’t have said it otherwise.
But only weeks into the relationship, Jodi became worried about (Luke) Mitchell’s close friendship with Laura Wightman, a girl he would later take to her graveside.
“Laura was with Luke a lot and once Jodi heard that he might have been cheating on her but I think she spoke to him and they sorted it out”
When he interviewed the killer on the 14th of August 2003, during a section 14 interview, detective constable George Thomson asked Luke Mitchell about whether or not he had “two-timed” Jodi with other girls – this included Laura Wightman.
As was usual for Luke Mitchell – he bare faced lied!
A BBC article stated;
Detective Constable George Thomson carried out the interviews with Luke Mitchell in August 2003, when the boy was just 15.
“During the time you were going out with Jodi did you see other girls?
By the time of this meeting killer Luke Mitchell and Laura Wightman were known to be having a sexual relationship, as is clear from the following excerpts by reporter Maggie Barry;
KILLER Luke Mitchell was a violent thug – but girls flocked to be his lover.
The teenager’s reputation as a moody rebel captured the hearts of girls in Dalkeith.
But behind his mask, (Luke) Mitchell was a woman-hater who tried to force his lovers to have sex at the point of a knife.
Within days of Jodi’s murder he had replaced her with another girl.
Jodi had been unaware when she began dating (Luke)Mitchell that he already had a girlfriend who looked “almost identical”.
Mitchell conned both girls into thinking their relationship was special and exclusive.
He introduced her to cannabis, she got a lip piercing and had sex with him.
Within weeks of Jodi’s death, (Luke) Mitchell was having sex with one of her best friends.
Sadistic killer Luke Mitchell (right) with “girlfriend” Laura Wightman (left) on 3rd September 2003
When he was banned from Jodi’s funeral, (Luke) Mitchell took his new girlfriend to her graveside knowing it would attract attention.
The blonde teenager clutched a red rose as she stood, wearing a Nirvana T-shirt, beside (Luke) Mitchell.
Ever the showman, (Luke) Mitchell knelt down to comfort her as she wept while reading cards and tributes from Jodi’s classmates.
Sadistic, Sexual Deviant Luke Mitchell Tagetted, Conned & Abused Many Girls
Laura Wightman appears to have made two police witness statements, one in July 2003 and one in September 2004.
It also appears it was sometime before the killers trial that Laura Wightman became “estranged” from Luke Mitchell, as was reported by Lucy Bannerman;
…one friend sided with (Luke) Mitchell forming an intimate relationship with him in the aftermath of the killing
Despite her initial loyalty, she and (Luke) Mitchell became estranged and the 15-year-old was later diagnosed with a severe depressive disorder, exacerbated by the heavy use of cannabis and the trauma of her friends murder.
Increasing doubts over (Luke) Mitchell’s innocence may have contributed to her condition.
It also seems that Laura Wightman was exempt from giving evidence during killer Luke Mitchell’s trial after being diagnosed with a “severe depressive disorder”.
Target/Girlfriend Kara Van Null
Sadistic killer Luke Mitchell appears to have targeted Kara Van Null around the same time he targeted Jodi Jones.
It is not known if Luke Mitchell ever told Laura Wightman about Kara Van Null or about any of the other girls he had targeted.
However reporter Grace McLean’s following article on Kara Van Null told of how he had also attacked Kara with a knife to her throat in the lead up to his murder;
A teenager last night told how killer Luke Mitchell held a knife to her throat just a month before he killed and mutilated girlfriend Jodi Jones.
(Luke) Mitchell, then only 14 years old, pulled on a balaclava, grabbed Kara van Nuil from behind and warned her not to move as he pressed the blade to her neck.
Last night she said:
“I was absolutely terrified. He was so strong. I didn’t hear him coming. He just came up behind me, grabbed me around the neck with one arm and held the knife with the other.
‘He told me: “Move and you are f***ing dead”.’
Miss van Nuil, now 17, met (Luke) Mitchell at the Army Cadet HQ in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, when she joined his cadet unit in February, 2002.
They started dating a few weeks later, even though (Luke) Mitchell was already going out with Jodi and seeing another girl, Kimberley Thomson, in Perthshire.
Miss van Nuil told how she was at first mesmerised by (Luke) Mitchell and how he wooed her with romantic text messages.
But she brought the relationship to an end after he followed her into the cadet hut one night and threatened her with the knife.
She told the Scottish Daily Mail: ‘
‘He used to wear a balaclava and pull it up over his head like a hat.
‘We were at cadets in May when I went into the hut on my own. The instructors were out having a cigarette with the other cadets. I was messing about with the blackboard and I didn’t hear Luke coming but there was suddenly an arm around my neck.
I got a glimpse of him as I looked back and he had pulled his balaclava over his face. He then put a knife to my throat and said I would be dead if I moved an inch.
‘I was really scared and couldn’t move.
He was so strong. I couldn’t move my arms but I kept nipping his knees with my fingernails and begging him to let me go. He kept me like that for about a minute.
‘When he put the knife down I turned to face him and he said,
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
He tried to pretend it was a joke but my neck was red and I was genuinely scared. I was crying my eyes out.’
(Luke) Mitchell never returned to cadets after the attack. A month later he strangled 14-year-old Jodi and cut her throat.
Miss van Nuil regrets not telling her parents Angela, 39, and Bill, 55, about the attack until after the murder.
She said: ‘I never knew Jodi but when I found out Luke was her boyfriend I knew straight away that he had done it. I told my dad what happened in the cadet hut and he called the police.
‘They came around and took hours of statements but I was never called to court’
‘I’m so relieved – I couldn’t have faced him in the court. I’m so sorry for what happened to Jodi. When it first happened, I used to feel such guilt and think “that could have been me”.’
Miss van Nuil, of Gorebridge, Midlothian, said: ‘We never met anywhere but cadets, so I only saw him on Monday and Wednesday nights – I suppose because he was going out with Jodi.
‘One of my friends said he had five girls on the go but I didn’t care because I was crazy about him. He was so polite. I suspected he might have been a bit of a geek. But he always sent me lovely text messages.’
But Miss van Nuil said she also saw flashes of his temper: ‘One time he was on the shooting range and got told off by one of the instructors. All of a sudden he shouted something, threw down his gun and stormed off.
‘There were other times, too. If someone so much as criticised him, he would lose his temper and shout and swear at them.’ After the knife attack, she dumped (Luke) Mitchell.
But two days after he was first questioned about Jodi’s murder, Miss van Nuil saw him walking down her street. She said: ‘I was looking out the window. He was parading around like a cockerel. His friends all came out and started hugging him as if he was a hero.
I was terrified. I hid behind the curtain, shaking, and hoped he would not see me.’
Last night Miss Van Nuil broke down in tears on hearing the verdict.
By Grace McLean for the Daily Mail article dated 22nd January 2005 – Source here
Target Kimberley Tait
Reporter Lucy Bannerman made reference to another girl called Kimberley, who had also been threatened by Luke Mitchell with a knife after refusing “to sleep” with him;
Another fling ended on a more threatening note, with another West Lothian girl, Kimberley Tait, claiming (Luke) Mitchell once pulled a knife on her after she refused to sleep with him.
(Luke) Mitchell claimed the knife incident was only a joke.
Another 14 Year Old Girl & Her 5 Month Relationship With Killer Luke Mitchell Where He Also Threatened Her With A Knife In The Lead Up To His Murder
The following article by Chris Mooney refers to another 14 year old target of Luke Mitchell’s, who was also threatened by him with one of his knives;
A FORMER girlfriend of Luke Mitchell has told how he held a knife to her throat and threatened: “Dont move . . . or Ill gut you.”
Just months before he stabbed Jodi Jones to death, (Luke) Mitchell grabbed the girl and pressed his prized Swiss Army knife against the frightened 14-year-olds neck.
The terrifying incident was just one example of (Luke) Mitchells aggressive and unpredictable behaviour which disturbed his friends.
The pretty 14-year-old, who dated (Luke) Mitchell for about five months in 2003, told how the teenage killer pounced on her in a community hall in the Dalkeith area.
The girl – who asked to remain anonymous – was walking alone through the hall, where the pair attended a youth club together, when he grabbed her from behind.
He held the knife to her throat as he dragged her into a side room.
“I didnt know if he was joking around or not to begin with,” she said.
“He said: Dont move or Ill gut you. At first I thought he was just mucking about, but then I started to feel threatened.
“I was sore round my neck, it was bright red afterwards. He had grabbed me round the neck with his arm and held the knife at my throat, saying he was going to cut me and stuff like that.
“I was nipping his arm to get him off me and after a couple of minutes he let me go. I went outside and just tried to ignore him, but then he came out as if it was all a laugh and said sorry.
“There was no reason for him to do it. He just pulled the knife from his pocket and grabbed me. I thought it was really strange.”
Soon after the incident, in May, 2003, the girl ended the fledgling relationship – just a month before (Luke) Mitchell killed Jodi.
She broke things off after increasingly seeing a darker side to his personality. The final straw came when a friend told her (Luke) Mitchell was seeing another girl – who she is now sure was Jodi.
It now appears (Luke) Mitchell was seeing at least three different girls at the same time.
The murder trial jury heard that the teenage killer had also been seeing Kim Thomson, a 15-year-old from Kenmore, Perthshire, who looked strikingly like Jodi.
(Like) Mitchell had stayed in touch with Kim, who considered him as her boyfriend, after meeting her on holiday in the summer of 2002.
The ex-girlfriend who (Luke) Mitchell threatened with a knife told the Evening News she had initially found him charming, attractive and “basically a nice bloke”.
The pair were both 14 and went to the same youth club.
“When I first saw him, everybody in the room was chatting and we started talking – asking whats your name? and that sort of thing,” she said.
“We got each others phone numbers and started texting each other quite a lot. He was good-looking and I liked talking to him. I thought he was really nice.”
The teenager followed the same goth-style fashion as (Luke) Mitchell at the time, but shrugged it off as a fad and changed her image as she got older. She said they had got on well for a while, but then things had started to change.
“He sometimes showed a side that wasnt him. He was quite aggressive to me and to other people,” she added.
“He was really bad-tempered and he was totally unpredictable. He didnt want to be told what to do. I knew he carried weapons with him and he had a Swiss Army knife. I did wonder why he had it, but I never questioned him at all.”
The ex-girlfriend said shed had little contact with (Luke) Mitchell since they broke up, but that he had threatened her friends when he saw them in the street.
She added: “When I heard he was a suspect I knew he must have been going out with Jodi when he was seeing me.
“I was really upset when I heard what he was supposed to have done.
“At first, I never thought he could have done it. But, as all the stuff started to come together, I started to think it was possible, that he could do this, because of the way he acted and what hed done to me.”
Excerpts by Chris Mooney’s article for Edinburgh evening news dated 21st January 2005
The Other Younger Kimberley Thomson
In reality killer Luke Mitchell appears to have been targeting and abusing a minimum of 5-6 other girls, as well as Jodi Jones.
He also targeted another girl called Kimberley Thomson.
This Kimberley is believed to have been 2-3 years younger than Kimberley Thomson from Kenmore, Perthshire.
In 2021 Kimberley made the following Internet post;
I was one of 3 girls he was seeing at the time, unbeknown to us of course, including Jodi.
1 blatant lie I keep hearing is that he didn’t have a parka jacket before the incident. YES HE DID.
And he carried his knives in it and bragged about it…
Killer Luke Mitchell’s Violent Nature & Knife Attacks Increased Before He Committed His Murder
Killer Luke Mitchell’s knife attacks on girls are reported to have started when he was 12 years old, as is evidenced by Kenny Farquharson in the below excerpts;
When he was 12, (Luke) Mitchell had used a knife to threaten the daughter of a family who were guests in the Mitchell house.
He had climbed onto her bed, held the knife to her throat and asked for a kiss.
Tap on the button below to read a TIMELINE which includes some of killer Luke Mitchell’s reported violent and disturbed nature and previous knife threats, beginning from when he was aged 7;
Below is a witness list of 75 people who gave evidence during sadistic killer Luke Mitchell’s trial for his murder, yet over 100 witnesses were due to give evidence.
Which means around 25+ peoples names are missing from the list and their names and evidence was not reported on by the mainstream media.
1. Leonard Kelly – cyclist on the path
2. Judith Jones – mother of Jodi Jones
3. Janine Jones – sister of Jodi Jones – trial testimony day 1here& day 2here
4. Alice Walker – grandmother of Jodi Jones – trial testimonyhere
5. Steven Kelly – boyfriend of Janine Jones – trial testimonyhere
6. Allen Ovens – partner of Judith Jones – trial testimony here
7. DCI Ronald Miller – police officer
8. DSC Craig Dobbie – police officer
9. John Ferris – youth on the moped & Jodi Jones’ second cousin
10. Gordon Dickie – youth on the moped
11. Susan Ure – Tayside police forensic officer
12. Anthony Busuttil – pathologist trial testimony day 1here& day 2here
13. Rosemary Walsh – witness who saw killer Luke Mitchell – trial testimony here
14. Lorraine Fleming – witness who saw killer Luke Mitchell – trial testimony here
15. Carol Heatlie – witness who saw killer Luke Mitchell – trial testimonyhere
16. Marion O’Sullivan – witness who saw killer Luke Mitchell
17. Derek Hamilton – witness who saw killer Luke Mitchell
18. Andrew Holburn – photography student on bike who did not know killer Luke Mitchell – trial testimonyhere
19. Dean Houston – boy on bike who occasionally biked to school with killer Luke Mitchell trial testimonyhere
20. Grant Elliot – boy on bike who knew killer Luke Mitchell from school trial testimonyhere
21. Ashleigh Coutts – the sister of Ashley Coutts mother’s boyfriend lived with killer Luke Mitchell’s father Philip Mitchel trial testimonyhere
22. Kimberley Thomson – one of the other 5-6 girls killer Luke Mitchell targeted, abused & conned
23. Andrina Bryson – witness who saw killer Luke Mitchell
24. Shane Mitchell – brother of killer – trial testimony day 1here, day 2here& day 3here
25. Corinne Mitchell – mother of killer – trial testimony day 1 here & day 2 here
26. Dc Alan Towers – police officer – trial testimony day 1 here& day 2here
27. Dc Stephen Quinn – police officer
28. Sgt George Thomson – police officer – trial testimony day 1here, day 2 (not yet available) day 3 here & day 4 here
29. Robert Gilhooly – knew killer Luke Mitchell
30. Matthew Muraska – helped run army cadets in Bonnyrigg
31. Rachel Quinn – school friend of Jodi Jones trial testimonyhere
32. Alexander Hamilton – went to school with killer Luke Mitchell
33. Keith Campbell – knew killer Luke Mitchell
34. Michelle Tierney – knew killer Luke Mitchell
35. Alistair Leitch – philosophy student who knew Jodi Jones & killer Luke Mitchell
36. David High – friend of killer Luke Mitchell – trial testimony here
37. David Tullock – friend of killer Luke Mitchell & David High
38. Dc Michelle Lindsay – police family liaison officer – trial testimony here
39. Derek Scrimger – forensic scientist trial testimony here
40. Alan Murray – police photographer
41. Mark Heron – police identifications officer
42. Natalie Wright – worked at Whiplash Trash
43. Raymond McCloy – tattooist from Whiplash Trash
44. James Aitken – fingerprints
45. Patricia Frankland – neighbour of the Mitchell’s
46. Nicholas Frankland – neighbour of the Mitchell’s
47. George Ramage – neighbour of the Mitchell’s
48. Geraldine Mackie – English teacher
49. Maths teacher
50. Chemistry teacher who commented on killer Luke Mitchell looking like a “hoodedmonk” wearing his “missing” khaki green parka style coat
51. DI William Cravens – police officer
52. Laura Wightman – one of 5-6 other targeted girlfriends of killer Luke Mitchell -paragraphs from Laura’s July 2003 & September 2004 witness statements were read to the jury
53. Dc Brian Melrose – police officer
54. Female witness who was an employee for the firm of solicitors representing killer Luke Mitchell (See ground 12 of 14th November 2006 appeal judgement here)
55. Colin from Flip Inc
56. DI Tom Martin – police officer – trial testimony day 1here, day 2here & day 3 here 57. Dc Rory Hamilton – police officer
58. Ben Sole – knew killer Luke Mitchell, witnessed him cutting up cannabis resin into blocks & saw him in nightclub studio 24 on either the 4th or 5th July 2003
59. David Stirling – knew killer Luke Mitchell referred to at para 162 of CoA judgement heretrial testimony here
60. David Suttie – knew killer Luke Mitchell
61. Derek Morris – police technical support
62: Pathologist for defence – statement/report read to jury
63. Dc Adam Brunton – police officer
64. Jonathan Whitaker – from the forensic science service
65. Pc Anita Dow – police officer – trial testimony here
66. Dc Stephen Livingston – police officer
67. Dr Kranti Hiremath – police doctor
68. Pc Fraser Gaffney – police officer
69. Mahasweta Roy – forensic scientist (crown witness number 164)
70. Jill Barnes – friend of Laura Wightman & killer Luke Mitchell trial testimonyhere
71. Then partner of Leonard Kelly
72. Friend of David Tulloch
73. Ds David Gordon – police officer
74. Brian Clifton – handwriting expert
75. Paul Cook – school pupil who knew Jodi Jones & killer Luke Mitchell
Scammer Sandra Lean made the following statement via Facebook on the 6th July 2023;
Psychopathic murderer Aiden Fucci was also only 14 years of age when he chose to commit his murder of Tristyn Bailey (13).
Aiden Fucci was also sentenced as an adult.
There are several other parallels between the two teen male murderers.
Aiden Fucci also appears to have been fantasised about committing murder.
Aiden Fucci carried knives and named two of his knives “picker” and “poker”.
Aiden Fucci appears to have had an interest in satanic material.
Aiden Fucci was a heavy cannabis user.
Aiden Fucci was enabled by his mother Crystal Smith.
Below are excerpts from a March 2023 article;
Aiden Sean Fucci was a 14-year student attending Patriot Oaks Academy in St. Johns County, Florida.
On May 9, 2021, he killed 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey by stabbing her 114 times.
Fucci, at first, was arrested on the charge of second-degree murder.
The charge was soon changed to the first–degree when his motivation and predetermination were confirmed.
While Fucci did not have any prior criminal records, numerous interviews with peers revealed that Fucci had violent fantasies, which he often talked about.
He spoke of having the urge to murder someone by slitting their throat.
The thought of killing someone satisfied him, according to Fucci’s girlfriend.
His friends also corroborated that the 14-year-old practiced stabbing motions with a knife.
The young teenager was also a regular drug user.
The evidence, along with the brutality of the crime, was the prime factor behind his offense being changed to that of the first degree.
Fucci was also known to carry a knife on him at all times and show it off to his best friend and girlfriend.
Excerpts from an article by opoyi.com headed Why was Aiden Fucci charged as an adult dated 28th March 2023
Tap on the button below to read how sadistic murderer Luke Mitchell’s violent nature was recognised by 7 years of age and how his violence escalated into murder one month shy of his 15th Birthday;
Roberta Glass of the Roberta Glass True Crime Report will be chatting LIVE with “inactive” lawyer, and writer Andrew Hammel on his 2 part Quillette article headed “The Wrongful Exoneration of Adnan Syed”
Welsh murderer Michael (Mike) O’Brien, who has failed to ever prove his actual, factual innocence has recently come out in support of the sadistic and psychopathic murderer Luke Mitchell.
Phillip Saunders (52)
Phillip Saunders was murdered on the 12th October 1987 by Michael O’Brien and his brother in-law Ellis Sherwood, whilst their friend Darren Hall kept look-out.
Sandra Lean referred to Mike O’Brien during a recent live video, which can be listened to below;
The following was posted today (18th June 2023) on one on the social media innocence fraud Facebook pages.
NOTE how killer Michael O’Brien stated “I proved my innocence at the court of appeal in 2000”.
This was and is a bare faced lie!
Michael O’Brien
The following comments were made underneath the above Facebook post;
The “official” innocence fraud Facebook group also shared killer Michael O’Brien’s nonsense, which both he and Sandra Lean commented on;
This is the first part of an interview Roberta Glass gave her Ghislaine Maxwell trial buddy Nadia for her substack. Subscribe to “The Offbeat Effect” here
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