Cash call in wake of killer Mitchell telly doc is scrapped for ‘violent crime’ links
AN ONLINE fundraiser to support the mother of killer Luke Mitchell has been removed due to links with violent crime.
Members of the public donated more than £17,000 after a Channel 5 documentary purported to show Corinne Mitchell living in squalor with no electricity, water or a toilet.
Corinne told “Murder in a Small Town” viewers she was living in a shed after she “lost everything” when her son was caged for murdering 14-year-old Jodie Jones.
The fundraiser was launched by supporters to help her “get back on her feet” but it emerged since filming she has been rehoused.
Go Fund Me bosses have removed the page for “raising funds for perpetrators of violent crimes” which means Corinne won’t see a penny.
A spokeswoman said: “GoFundMe does not allow people to raise funds for perpetrators of violent crimes. This campaign has been removed and all donors will be refunded.”
The removal comes just after a proposed march on the Scottish Parliament by organisers of the Luke Mitchell Miscarriage of Justice group was cancelled.
Organisers cited the bad publicity over the Rangers’ fans celebrations in Glasgow at the weekend as one of the reasons for the cancellation.
Jodi’s family hit out at the documentary which questioned the conviction of Mitchell.
A family member said: “Everyone is now an expert on this case apparently. Shocking how people can turn against the undisputed victim and her family and actually point the finger at them in this way. It is shameful.”
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.
He was also just aged 14 and was snared following a 10-month investigation by police.
In response to the TV film, Police Scotland said they did not need to trace anyone else in connection with the murder.
THE heartbroken family of footballer Emiliano Sala have begun legal action over his death in an air crash.
The owners of the plane, Argentinian Sala’s agents and Cardiff City FC are among 13 defendants named in a civil action lodged in London by his mother, sister and brother.
The plane carrying Sala, 28, and pilot David Ibbotson plunged into the Channel on the night of January 21, 2019.
Sala had just signed for Cardiff City from French side Nantes. The pre-inquest hearing is to be heard today in Bournemouth. Solicitor Daniel Machover said the case had been lodged at the High Court to protect the family’s right to sue after the inquest.
He said: “The family know the inquest will provide the answers to the many questions they have about what went wrong in January 2019 and why Emiliano’s life was cut short.”
Investigators found Ibbotson’s pilot’s licence had expired and he had had no night-flying training. The plane allegedly had faulty brakes and no carbon monoxide detectors.
The first defendant in the family’s action is David Henderson, who allegedly arranged the flight from Nantes to Cardiff in the Piper Malibu plane.
He faces trial in Cardiff later this year accused of endangering the safety of an aircraft.
The firm that allegedly owned the plane, Cool Flourish Ltd, and its majority shareholder Fay Keely, are also defendants, as is Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc and Ltd, a Suffolk trustee firm used to register the plane in the US.
Scots father and son agents Willie and Mark McKay and their firm are also defendants.
The makers of the plane Piper Aircraft are also named, as are Eastern Air Executive, an air taxi firm, and Aerotech Aircraft Maintenance Ltd. Cardiff City and FC Nantes are the final defendants.
Sala’s body was recovered, but that of Ibbotson, 59, from Lincolnshire has never been found.