LUKE MITCHELL'S appeal against his murder conviction is set to be filmed by the BBC when the result is announced in court on Friday. Cameras for the BBC will be allowed inside the High Court building in the Lawnmarket when the result is due to be read out at 10am.

WHEN Luke Mitchell murdered and mutilated 14-year-old Jodi Jones in June 2003, there was much conjecture about the part played by goth culture in this gruesome and shocking crime.

WITHOUT warning, Professor Allan Jamieson claps his hands together in mid-conversation and beams broadly. "Now you can see what a murder scene looks like," he says, opening his hands to reveal the unfortunate victim, a now very dead fly.