Convicted killer Luke Mitchell has failed drug tests behind bars, stalling his preparation for freedom.
Mitchell was found guilty of killing his 14-year-old girlfriend Jodi Jones in 2003. She was found stripped, stabbed and almost decapitated near her home in Dalkeith, Midlothian.
The murderer, who insists he is innocent, was ordered to serve at least 20 years in prison and could get out on parole next year. In July 2021, Mitchell was moved from high-security Shotts jail in Lanarkshire to HMP Greenock, where he was housed in Chrisswell House – typically used to prepare long-term prisoners for progression to an open prison.
