The article reports the death of Luke Mitchell’s mother, who continued to reject the conclusion that her son was guilty of murder. Her death closes a chapter in a long-running and highly contentious Scottish criminal case, in which her public support for Mitchell drew attention as the case remained a subject of debate.

Mitchell was convicted of the 2003 murder of his teenage girlfriend, Jodi Jones, in Dalkeith, Midlothian, and received a life sentence. His mother’s age at death was reported as 67; the supplied article text provides no further details about the circumstances of her death.