THE LUKE MITCHELL TRIAL

SANDRA LEAN'S PODCAST UPDATE ON 10 MARCH, 2024 Sandra Lean comments: "Now one of the things that came up, was the cost and difficulty of getting these transcripts and a claim that I have lied about that. On May 23rd, 2023, the Scottish Justice Committee, which is a cross-party group, looking at issues of justice, held a meeting, a discussion, about the difficulty and the cost, of people obtaining transcripts and they quoted specifically the rules about having to have good reason and the courts having to agree that that was good reason. I didn't have the time to put the link in and I'll put it in below, later. So, if they were having that discussion in May, 2023, what changed and when did it change? Because I'm not thinking the justice committee would be sitting there, believing this is all really, really difficult and really expensive, when it wasn't (indecipherable - perhaps 'needed'?). So, there's something going on there, that we don't know a

W hilst perhaps simply academic, the question which has troubled, is why, if belonging to our enigmatic 'skunting' knife, bought on 4 December, 2003, Luke had written on the pouch, shown in court: JJ 1989 - 2003 Plus, of course, "666", within the fish emblem and also reportedly written on the other side, of which we do not appear to have a photograph. "THE FINEST DAY I EVER HAD, WAS WHEN TOMORROW NEVER CAME!" (note the added exclamation mark), is an acknowledgement to a journal entry from one of Jodi Jones and Luke's shared, favourite artists, the late Kurt Cobain. A similar version, in exactly the same writing style, was shown in court, from one of Luke's school jotters. The pouch was uncovered during a search of Luke's house, on the day of his arrest, 14 April, 2004. Also found, was a copy order form, relating to items purchased in 4 December, 2003, from a 'Joe Brown and Co." catalogue, including one written down as, "SKUNTING KNI