Luke Mitchell.The Channel 5 show, Murder in a Small Town, examined whether Mitchell was the real killer and then claimed he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.Mitchell has been in jail for 17 years after being convicted of the brutal slaying of 14-year-old Jodi near her home in Easthouses, Midlothian in 2003.
He was also just aged 14 and was snared following a ten-month investigation by police.With supporters calling for a fresh appeal bid by Mitchell, Jodi’s family have hit out at the programme makers after it was implied on the show members of Jodi’s own family were involved in a cover-up.Ex-detectives John Sallens and Michael Neill carried out their own investigation into the murder and suggested another five suspects could have.
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