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Jodie Jones killer Luke Mitchell to give interview behind bars on notorious murder in new documentary
Channel 5 bosses have been blasted for 'giving a platform' to convicted killer of Scots schoolgirl Jodi Jones as he launches a fresh bid to clear his name.Luke Mitchell has been in jail for 17 years after being convicted of the brutal slaying of Jodi near her home in Easthouses, Midlothian in 2003.The pair were both just 14 at the time of the incident.Now as part of a new two-part Channel Five documentary called Murder in a Small Town, Mitchell has spoken about how his gothic looks had made it 'easy' for people to believe he murdered his girlfriend.Mitchell has lost several appeals on evidence he has presented to overturn his conviction.Scottish Conservative justice spokesman Liam Kerr hit out at the decision to air the documentary.
