"I’ll tell you why he wasn’t seen between 1740 - 1800 ... he went home via the shortcut in the woodlands to change his clothes, facilitated by CM (and he didn’t necessarily go into his house at this point to change ... cm or sm could easily had passed clothes out to him in that house/garage that was well concealed with trees, bushes, climbing ivy)."
So he rocked up to his garage bear in mind no witnesses ever claimed that the garage door was open this is your speculation, and shouted to him mum and brother that he'd just murdered Jodi and asked for help to change and clean up, they obliged and this clean up was done in less than 15 mins taking into account the time for him to get from the Newbattle end of the path then from his house to the end of his street? Why just burn the parka why not the t-shirt trousers and shoes?
"AB had only seen that couple for a few seconds while being preoccupied"
Again how could she allude to the German army flags if this is the case?
"And, contrary to what SL says, AB did not say the male had thick shaggy hair"
I did not mention what SL says in regards to this I mentioned her in regards to AB saying it was not a parka she saw.
"Blood spraying forward with the perp behind the victim, cutting and slashing, is a possible explanation for a lack of blood on the perp."
This might go some way to explaining lack of blood transference from one particular wound that was inflicted it does not account for the whole scenario that happened. Derek Scrimger who agreed with Alan Turnbull QC that that was one possibility also agreed with Findlay that if Jodi's clothes had been removed after death that the perpetrator would likely be blood stained. Initially the police believed the attacker would be heavily bloodstained and asked the public to be aware of and report anyone with bloodstained clothing or anyone who handed bloodstained items into the dry cleaners.
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/JODI%27S+WRISTS+TIED+UP+WITH+TROUSERS%3B+Expert+tells+of+body+found+at...-a0126143100https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DERANGED+JODI+KILLER+SOAKED+IN+HER+BLOOD%3B+Girl%27s+throat+slit+in...-a0104595665"Funny how the boys that he met up with in the abbey (David High & David Tulloch) testified in court that LM was more cleaner and more kempt that evening. A lot more tidier and cleaner than his usual scruffy self. Funny that, eh? The circumstantial evidence against LM was overwhelming, imo."
Luke was forensically examined by a police doctor that night who said his hair was greasy and unwashed and he had rings of dirt around his neck and ankles and dirt under his nails, suggesting he hadn't washed at all recently. I'm more inclined to believe this over the testimony of friends who had been led to believe for 10 months leading up to trial that Luke was the only suspect.
"I think they started arguing at 1654 (ab spotted them arguing at the lane)"
The 2008 appeal puts AB's sighting at between 4:50pm and 4:55pm Luke was on the phone to the speaking clock at 4:54pm which the prosecution claimed he was out of the house possibly checking the time as he was on his way to meet Jodi. Why would he phone the speaking clock if he was already in the company of Jodi and arguing. AB made no mention of a phone and said the male that she seen had his hands outstretched in front of him.
"The circumstantial evidence against LM was overwhelming, imo."
The appeal Judges described the evidence as ;
'open to challenge' (AB's sighting), 2. capable of an innocent explanation (the 'finding' of the body) and 3. 'not unequivocal' (Luke's brother saying that he didn't know whether Luke was home or not). This was their strongest 'evidence'
All the Satanism Marilyn Manson and Black Dahlia evidence was not to be founded upon at appeal.
https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=e2988aa6-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7
