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Kill Total: |
1 |
Kill place: |
Scotland |
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Kill date: |
June 2003 |
Victim(s): |
Jodi Jones |
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Date of Birth: |
1989 |
Marital Status: |
Single |
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AKA: |
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Occupation: |
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30th June
2003, Jodi's body was found near Dalkeith after she
had set out from home, intending to meet Mitchell.
Mitchell was just 14 when he subjected Jodi to the savage
knife attack that killed her.
The attack was
savage, hitting her on the head and body and compressing
her neck, restricting her breathing.
He also repeatedly stabbed Jodi with a knife both before
and after death, inflicting wounds to her face, ear,
mouth, breast and abdomen.
January
2005, After 42 days, Luke Mitchell, now aged 16, from
Dalkeith, was convicted by majority verdict at the High
Court in Edinburgh of killing his former girlfriend.
Mitchell was
ordered to serve at least 20 years in prison after being
found guilty.
The case took
nearly three months, it was restarted in front of a new
jury, convened in four different locations and even
ventured into the fresh air for an unusual visit to the
murder scene itself.
It became what is believed to be the longest trial of a
single accused in Scottish criminal history.
During
Mitchell's trial the prosecution attempted to show just
how a 14 year old boy could become, in the words of the
prosecutor, "a cool, confident, arrogant killer".
The jury heard that Mitchell was an obsessive fan of
controversial American rocker, Marilyn Manson.
The US star's website shows his obsession with a grotesque
California murder in the 1940s, which became known as the
Black Dahlia killing.
Jodi's death
and the wounds to her body held similarities, the
prosecution argued.
15th May
2008, Mitchell has lost his appeal against the
conviction for the Murder of Jodi in 2003.
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