Hi, sorry I didn't answer this question earlier. We have absolutely no idea when the test results will be available, or even how long the testing will take.
We haven't been told exactly what is to be tested ... or why. As you can imagine, it's horribly frustrating - on the one hand, we were delighted to be told there was to be new testing, but in its own way, that's become a form of slow torture, as we try to work out what may or may not be included.
I know which recommendations were made for forensic testing and re-testing (e.g. all of the semen deposits and sperm heads which came back "no reportable results," or which were simply not tested at all), and I'd hope those are, at the very least, the things being tested. There are others - mixed samples which one report stated formed a basis for the suggestion that a number of samples may have all originated from one person - that person was not Luke, so you can imagine how keen we are for those to be retested.
The local hostility towards those of us who have supported Luke's campaign over the years has been horrifying, but does seem to have calmed down massively in the last couple of years - the positive articles in the Scottish Mail on Sunday, in particular, have been very helpful in that respect. We are, however, still wary, as there are still pockets of extreme resistance and aggression towards the suggestion that Luke Mitchell may not only be innocent, but that more and more evidence is emerging to prove that to be so.
It's all, unfortunately for now, a waiting game - I will, of course, update whenever there are developments (within the constrictions enforced by the review process). Thanks again to everyone who has discussed the case.
