Campaign to release Luke Mitchell launched

A new campaign to release convicted killer Luke Mitchell from jail has been launched.

Mitchell was jailed in 2005 after the mutilated body of Jodi Jones, 14, from Midlothian, was found in woods near her home in 2003.

Glasgow’s Miscarriages of Justice Organisation has confirmed it is helping campaigners to compile a new case to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.

The charity believes flaws in the police investigation led to a miscarriage of justice.

Involved in the campaign is Paddy Hill, one of six men wrongly accused of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombing. He said: “I remain extremely concerned and disturbed that Luke was convicted of this crime based on the evidence presented.”