'Chair attack' on Jodi killer
THE teenage killer of Dalkeith schoolgirl Jodi Jones was attacked by another inmate with a chair, it was claimed today.
Luke Mitchell, 18, was hit by a metal seat during a confrontation with Daniel Burns, 23, at Polmont Young Offenders' Institute in Stiringshire. Burns today claimed he was hailed a hero by fellow inmates after the attack, which took place minutes after Mitchell's mother Corinne had visited him.
Mitchell was convicted in January 2005 of killing his 14-year-old girlfriend. Jodi's throat was slashed and her body was mutilated on a secluded woodland path in Dalkeith in June 2003.
Lawyers working for Mitchell have started preparing the teenager's appeal against his conviction.
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