14th August 2003 ~ “Yes, I can verify that my mother and my brother had a fire”
During his section 14 interview on 14th August 2003, sadistic murderer Luke Mitchell told the police his mother Corinne and his brother Shane Mitchell had a fire in their garden on the evening he committed his murder.
Below are extracts from Sgt George Thomson’s trial testimony;
Alan Turnbull: Right. And he was asked whether the log burner and his back garden was lit that night, that’s Monday the 30th?
Sgt George Thomson: Yes
Alan Turnbull: And what was his answer to that?
Sgt George Thomson: “Yes, I can verify that my mother and my brother had a fire”
Alan Turnbull: Right. So he says that his mother and his brother had a fire that night?
3rd September 2003
Less than 3 weeks later the murderer gave a Sky News interview to James Matthews, on the very day that Jodi Jones was laid to rest, pretending he knew nothing about his fires.
Below are excerpts from the Sky interview;
James Matthews: This burning of clothes keeps getting mentioned and there is also the subject of a missing knife, is that your missing knife?
Murderer Luke Mitchell: No. The burning clothes that wasn’t us. They just stated that a female relative of the suspect admitted to burning clothes
James Matthews: Was that you or anyone connected to you?
The murderers trousers, hidden in the hold-all, were found by police in the Mitchell’s house in Newbattle abbey crescent, Mayfield – not in his father Philip’s house in Livingston.
Scott C Forbes continues to publish lies and nonsense.
People join cult movements for various reasons, most of which revolve around a desire for meaning and community.
Many who become part of such organizations have troubled backgrounds and difficulty fitting into society.
They might also feel mainstream culture has no place for them and nothing of spiritual value to offer either.
Former cult members often describe the long-lasting sense of loneliness and nihilism they felt prior to becoming part of something bigger than themselves.
On Friday 16th February 2024 Ana Justice tweeted the following;
Ana Justice has been obtaining copies of trial transcripts, in relation to sadistic murderer Luke Mitchell from the Scottish courts, and subsequently publishing them online.
Tap on the button below for links to trial transcripts;
Scott C Forbes has also been making false allegations, accusing Ana Justice of “doctoring official court documents”;
Motivations For Stalking
According to Stalkers And Their Victims (here) research byPaul E. Mullen, Michele Pathé and Rosemary Purcell say that the “resentful” stalkers stalking “is designed to inflict fear and distress”.
According to the public prosecution services for Northern Ireland website here, they state;
There are many reasons why a person may stalk another and there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ stalking perpetrator.
The ‘Stalking Risk Profile’ – developed by Mullan et al of Melbourne University – assists investigators and prosecutors in understanding stalking behaviour and risk. This profile divides stalkers into five types and considers the context in which the stalking arises and the stalker’s motivation for contacting the victim:
The Rejected Stalker – Rejected stalking arises in the context of the breakdown of a close relationship. Victims are usually former sexual intimates; however, family members, close friends, or others with a very close relationship to the stalker can also become targets of Rejected stalking
The Resentful stalker – Resentful stalking arises when the stalker feels as though they have been mistreated or that they are the victim of some form of injustice or humiliation. Victims are strangers or acquaintances who are seen to have mistreated the stalker.
The Intimacy Seeking stalker – Intimacy seeking stalking arises out of a context of loneliness and a lack of a close confidante. Victims are usually strangers or acquaintances who become the target of the stalker’s desire for a relationship. Frequently Intimacy Seeking stalkers’ behaviour involves delusional beliefs about the victim, such as the belief that they are already in a relationship, even though none exists.
The Incompetent Suitor – The Incompetent suitor stalks in the context of loneliness or lust and targets strangers or acquaintances. Unlike the Intimacy Seeker, however, their initial motivation is not to establish a loving relationship, but to get a date or a short term sexual relationship. Incompetent Suitors usually stalk for brief periods, but when they do persist, their behaviour is usually maintained by the fact that they are blind or indifferent to the distress of the victim.
The Predatory Stalker – Predatory stalking arises in the context of deviant sexual practices and interests. Perpetrators are usually male and victims are usually female strangers in whom the stalker develops a sexual interest. The stalking behaviour is usually initiated as a way of obtaining sexual gratification (e.g., voyeurism targeting a single victim over time), but can also be used as a way of obtaining information about the victim as a precursor to a sexual assault, the most dangerous leading to serious attack.
Excerpts from the Northern Ireland Public Prosecution Services website here
During the trial testimony of Corinne Mitchell, it became clear that Philip Mitchell appeared/appears to be the person who bought his killer son Luke Mitchell the knife which he committed his murder with.
The following excerpts from Corinne Mitchell’s testimony start from page 2339 of the transcripts;
Alan Turnbull: What was your own attitude towards youngsters carrying knives
Corinne Mitchell: I don’t like youngsters carrying knives
Alan Turnbull: Okay. And you’ve expressed that view I think to the police a number of times, haven’t you?
Corinne Mitchell: Yes
Alan Turnbull: I want you to see the way you’ve expressed yourself in that context, if we may. Have you please before you production 40. Production 40 is a transcript of a tape recorded interview between the police and Luke on the 4th July 2003, amd you were present?
Corinne Mitchell: Yes
Alan Turnbull: Okay. Go to page 175 for me please. Because page 175 of the transcript it is actually you that is talking to the police, you see that don’t you?
Corinne Mitchell: Yes
Alan Turnbull: And want you said, amongst other things, is that “He knows…” I think that’s a reference to your former husband. “He knows I absolutely detest and hate knives” Is that right?
Corinne Mitchell: That’s right
Alan Turnbull: And you’ve explained, “I got annoyed anytime he gave Luke anything like that. I got very annoyed”
Corinne Mitchell: That’s got suspect written at it
Alan Turnbull: I think we’re probably looking at different bits. The bit I’m looking at is three or four bits down, it’s got mother beside it
Corinne Mitchell: Uh huh
Alan Turnbull: “I got annoyed anytime he….” that again I think a reference again to your former husband “…..he gave Luke anything like that I got really annoyed”
Corinne Mitchell: Mine says suspect. I think that mine is supposed to say mother
Alan Turnbull: Well mine certainly says mother
Judge: This is a page that the jury had blanked out
Alan Turnbull Yes, well it’s obviously you talking isn’t it?
Corinne Mitchell: Yes
AlanTurnbull: Yes okay. So here we see in the context of the discussion with the police, which included a discussion effectively between you and them about the knives. You’ve explained – just as you have I think to me – that you absolutely hate and detest knives
Corinne Mitchell: I do, yes
Alan Turnbull: And you got annoyed if for example, your former husband gave Luke anything like that?
Corinne Mitchell: Yes
Alan Turnbull: Yes. And in your own interview with the police on 6th July at page 37 the same topic was raised. Back to 156 page 37 of this please. 6 lines down from the top “Luke knows I don’t like knives”
Corinne Mitchell: Sorry what was that?
Alan Turnbull: We’re looking at page 37
Corinne Mitchell: Yes
Alan Turnbull: We’re looking at 6 lines down from the top
Corinne Mitchell: Uh huh
Alan Turnbull: “Luke knows that I don’t like knives”
Corinne Mitchell: Yes
Alan Turnbull: Okay. A little bit further down, 10 lines down there is a comment that begins “Philip knows my thoughts” I think Philip is your former husband
Corinne Mitchell: Yes
Alan Turnbull: “Philip knows my thoughts on knives, but I do remember something beimg mentioned about a knife. And it’s said it was at dad’s. When Philip mentioned it he said something about fishing. I remember getting annoyed”
Corinne Mitchell: Yes
Alan Turnbull:“And him saying it was at his dads”
Corinne Mitchell: That’s right
Alan Turnbull: Right so consistently with what you told me, you didn’t approve of that?
Corinne Mitchell: No I didn’t
Alan Turnbull: And you said that quite categorically and clearly to the police
Corinne Mitchell: Yes
Tap on the button below to read day 1 and day 2 of Corinne Mitchell’s trial testimony;
Was Sonia Poulton motivated by money when she chose to promote the innocence fraud of sadistic murderer Luke Mitchell and his chief enablers Scott Forbes and Sandra Lean?
Sonia Poulton appears to have carried out zero due diligence.
Now that trial transcripts are being published will Sonia Poulton retract her previous nonsense?
Some of Sonia Poulton’s sanctimonious nonsense was as follows;
14-year-old Jodi Jones was murdered in Edinburgh in 2003. Her boyfriend, Luke Mitchell, was convicted & sentenced 20 years. But did Scottish police & media make a murderer of an innocent 15-year-old boy? Full shocking conversation from 32.00 https://t.co/0728VZsdtu@scforbes1965pic.twitter.com/AkNy9mdpYD
His mum is absolutely another victim of this, Barra. The way people came after her was heartbreaking. Already dealing with the 'loss' of her child she had to deal with the 'hate'. Just awful. Love to you. x
You were great. Cameras don't have to be your 'strong point' you're not Philip Schofield (thankfully!!!). That is amazing that Corrine Mitchell contacted you. God bless her. She's been through hell.
On the 5th of September 2022 Matthew (Matt) Elliott made the following Facebook post;
The following month, on the 20th October, Donna and Matthew Elliott appeared in a video on Facebook alongside two former members, and one current member, of the cult-like Facebook group supporting sadistic and psychopathic murderer Luke Mitchell.
The point of the video appears to have been to critique episode 2 of the BBC Scotland TV show The Trials that shocked Scotland and in particular Jane Hamilton – who is mentioned in Part 176 of this blog series, which can be read by tapping on the button below;
During their Facebook video Matthew Elliott made the false claim that Jane Hamilton “professes to know absolutely everything about this case”..
Matthew Elliott might want to remind himself of the statement made by scammer Sandra Lean during the May 2019 video with James English where Sandra stated;
The reason I put the book out is if I were forced to give up so if anything happened to me I don’t think there’s anybody else in Scotland got the level of knowledge of the case that I’ve got and the idea was put everything in there and then if anybody else wants to come along and take over the informations there
Sandra Lean to James English during a podcast which aired in March 2019 at around 50:24 here
During the same video Donna who was referred to as a “group expert” whinged about the “misinformation” in the public domain about sadistic murderer Luke Mitchell.
Fast forward around a year and Donna and Matthew Elliott appear to have contacted innocence fraud pusher Bob Ruff, who went on to claim Donna and Matthew had helped him with their “research”.
It was during this podcast that Donna seemingly cottoned on to the fact trial transcripts are available to the public, contrary to the impression given by scammer Sandra Lean.
Someone called Heather posted this link to Bob Ruff’s 29th of September 2023 facebook post to his part 4;
It appears this may be where Donna first learned about trial transcripts.
Since then Donna has purchased 3 full trial transcripts, links to which can be found by tapping on the button below;
Below are some of the tweets made by Donna since she learned she had been lied to by scammers Sandra Lean and Scott Forbes and fed misinformation and disinformation and bare faced lies;
Dr Sandra Lean said "We have probably about 80% of the transcripts"
It has also been said that the transcripts wouldn't take the case forward.
But how could she be certain that there was nothing in the remaining 20% that might help Luke's case?
Why do we criticise the press and tabloids for being unreliable sources for facts, but at the same time willingly attach unquestioning trust to second-hand information provided by one individual?
There should never have been any drama about transcripts – I only let people know they were available. Dr Sandra Lean didn't have to then publicly tell people they weren't available, when they are. If highlighting facts is considered drama, something isn't quite right there…
It's been stated by Mr Forbes and his followers that these details are trivial – actually, I'm finding that some of the fundamental points that convinced me of the guilt of others, weren't even true. That's not trivial, by any means.
You couldn't be further from the truth. We have dedicated years to this campaign. We fought for justice for Luke based on specific facts we weee told – we absolutely have the right to speak out about the fact some of them weren't correct.
“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 MuraskaGave 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 EvidenceAllen OvansTRIAL 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)
Thursday 2nd December 2004: Dean Houston & Grant Elliot Gave Evidence Rosemary Walsh TRIAL TESTIMONY HERE Andrew Holburn TRIAL TESTIMONYHERECarol Heatlie TRIAL TESTIMONYHERE (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 JuryDc 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 HEREDc 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 EvidenceRe 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 HEREJury Heard Parts Of Killer Luke Mitchell’s Recorded Police Interview From 14th August 2003
Thursday 30th December 2004: Sgt George Thomson TRIAL TESTIMONY HEREJury 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 VerdictAt 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)
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 around the time he committed his murder.
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 article stated;
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 killer Luke Mitchell was giving Kimberley Thomson this impression.
Another media article read;
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.
Sandra Lean went on to state in her keeping the record straight 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 stated;
Jodi at one point believed that Luke was cheating on her when confiding with best friend Kirsten Ford
What They Found
Sadistic, Sexual Deviant Luke Mitchell Was Targeting Numerous Girls All At Once
Sandra Lean replied in response to this 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
In reality Sandra Lean has no idea why Jodi Jones “wondered if Luke was cheating on her”.
The “good friend” 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.
Jane Hamilton’s article stated 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 sadistic killer Luke Mitchell about whether or not he had two-timed Jodi with other girls – this included Laura Wightman.
As was usual for killer 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?
Did you two-time Jodi?”
Mr Mitchell told him:
“No”
He said he had not seen Kimberley since New Year and the last time he had phoned her was “about January-ish”.
By the time of this meeting 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”.
(Luke) 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 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.
(Luke) 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;
In Part 253 of this ongoing blog series (which can be read by tapping on the button below) it was evidenced how scammer Scott Forbes had confirmed via his Twitter social media account that killer Luke Mitchell had NOT stayed at his father Philip Mitchell’s house “forweeks” before he committed his murder;
On the 7th March 2021 Sandra Lean again referred to killer Luke Mitchell’s trousers with Jodi Jones🌻 DNA found on them.
The police found the trousers hidden in a hold-all in killer Luke Mitchell’s home on the 4th July 2003.
Scammer Sandra Lean stated ;
They were still in the hold-all from the previous week-end
Statement by Sandra Lean made on 7th March 2021 (from around 8:58 of her video)
In October 2018 Sandra Lean stated;
The DNA to which this expert referred was, in fact, on another pair of trousers taken from Luke’s home – there was no way of telling how long the DNA trace from Jodi had been there
Sandra Lean – from p.196 of her second Innocence fraud book
killer Luke Mitchell had not stayed at his father Philip Mitchell’s house “for weeks”.
There was no evidence produced to show killer Luke Mitchell had stayed at his father Philip Mitchell’s house “the previous week–end”.
INNOCENCE FRAUD WATCH 