Report Summary
Issued 4 April 2024, this FOI response provides information held regarding a knife examined in the Luke Mitchell/Jody Jones case.
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Response
Question: Can you please confirm whether this knife was forensically tested?
Answer: Forensic Services can confirm a ‘SUMI’ Knife (Label 68) was forensically examined.
Question: Can you please confirm when this knife was handed to SPA?
Answer: This production was not submitted to Forensic Services as the case pre-dates the establishment of Forensic Services in 2012. Productions were submitted to the Lothian and Borders Police Forensic Science Laboratory between 1st July 2003 and 30th June 2004.
Question: This knife appears to have been noted as having blood on it - can you confirm whether this was the case and if so, was it human or non-human?
Answer: We can confirm there was human blood recovered from the knife.
