Manson DVD as Scottish Murder Trial evidence

[Doctor Manhattan]

Launch Radio Networks is reporting that excerpts from the bonus DVD included in MARILYN MANSON's 2003 album, "The Golden Age Of Grotesque", were played at a Scottish murder trial on Thursday (Dec. 23). Prosecutor Alan Turnbull asked for the first ten minutes of the disc to be played in the trial of 16-year-old Luke Mitchell, who is accused of murdering 14-year-old Jodi Jones (Photo (http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40610000/jpg/_40610869_jodivideo203.jpg)) on June 30, 2003. Jones' naked and bloodstained body was found in the woods near her home outside Edinburgh, Scotland, two days before Mitchell says he bought the DVD.

The disc, which was seized from Mitchell's house, features a sequence in which two girls are tied together near a train track, struggling as hoods are placed over their heads.

Mitchell denies killing Jones, but did tell police when they interviewed him on July 4, 2003 that he was a MANSON fan.

He said he had bought the MANSON CD and bonus DVD for £11.99 in a supermarket, according to the BBC News.

He told Detective Constable Stephen Quinn, 43: "It is a weird sort of gothic video".

He described it as "trancestyle" with Manson "saying random words and stuff" over film of a car driving down a road in the middle of the night.

After the jury were shown the DVD, Turnbull asked the detective if the contents did include, as Mitchell had said, a car driving down the road in the middle of the night and Quinn agreed.

He said: "The portion we watched also seemed to include a number of flash images. In some of them there seemed to be a young girl who is naked."

"It seemed to be like that, yes," Quinn replied.

"In some of them she appeared to be lying on the ground," continued Turnbull and the detective said this was the case.

Quinn also agreed when Turnbull said: "The girls were to some extent molested and carried away."

Quinn acknowledged to Mitchell's defense attorney that the DVD was not for sale to anyone under 15. The trial continues this week at the High Court in Edinburgh.

[Willstar]

:lol:

And the "Crawling" video made me play with my band in a giant glass crystal box!

[Branden]

Originally posted by Will@Dec 28 2004, 09:24 PM
:lol:

And the "Crawling" video made me play with my band in a giant glass crystal box!
And the "In The End" video made me float through air with a giant whale, while singing in the rain on top of a giant aztec statue!



No, I'm serious. It actually did.

[Ander]

Hoobastank made me rob a jewlery store. I swear.

[Mr. Benzedrine]

I cant beleive you guys are making a joke about a Murder

[Branden]

Originally posted by Lostprophet@Dec 28 2004, 09:31 PM
I cant beleive you guys are making a joke about a Murder
It's not really about the murder itself, it's just the idea that someone would pin an idiotic teenager's actions on a DVD of a Rock band. That's what we're making jokes about. At least me anyways...

[Willstar]

Originally posted by Lostprophet@Dec 28 2004, 05:31 PM
I cant beleive you guys are making a joke about a Murder
We're not. We're joking about how the people automatically assume the video made him do it.

[Mr. Benzedrine]

Originally posted by Branden+Dec 28 2004, 09:32 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Branden @ Dec 28 2004, 09:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Lostprophet@Dec 28 2004, 09:31 PM
I cant beleive you guys are making a joke about a Murder
It's not really about the murder itself, it's just the idea that someone would pin an idiotic teenager's actions on a DVD of a Rock band. That's what we're making jokes about. At least me anyways... [/b][/quote]
Maybe, But i actually knew that girl, It offends me, Im sorry if i came across harsh, But the fact is that it offends me

[Friskey™]

so in that case...

Korn made me abuse my kid...I swear :lol: (Falling Away From Me)

[Ander]

Originally posted by Lostprophet@Dec 28 2004, 01:31 PM
I cant beleive you guys are making a joke about a Murder
The fact that someone died is no laughing matter, and I'm sure we're all aware of that. The fact that someone is trying to blame art for their actions to escape the consequences is hilarious.

[Danielle]

Originally posted by Will@Dec 28 2004, 09:24 PM
:lol:

And the "Crawling" video made me play with my band in a giant glass crystal box!
hahaha! That made me laugh!

[User Name]

Originally posted by Lostprophet@Dec 28 2004, 02:34 PM
Maybe, But i actually knew that girl
Sorry to hear that. :hugz:

[Willstar]

Originally posted by Lostprophet+Dec 28 2004, 05:34 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lostprophet @ Dec 28 2004, 05:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by -Branden@Dec 28 2004, 09:32 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Lostprophet@Dec 28 2004, 09:31 PM
I cant beleive you guys are making a joke about a Murder
It's not really about the murder itself, it's just the idea that someone would pin an idiotic teenager's actions on a DVD of a Rock band. That's what we're making jokes about. At least me anyways...
Maybe, But i actually knew that girl, It offends me, Im sorry if i came across harsh, But the fact is that it offends me [/b][/quote]
Ah. I apologize, then. But know that I wasn't making fun of the murder; I was merely poking fun at the fact that they're blaming Manson for this.

[Branden]

Originally posted by Will+Dec 28 2004, 10:18 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Will @ Dec 28 2004, 10:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by -Lostprophet@Dec 28 2004, 05:34 PM
Originally posted by -Branden@Dec 28 2004, 09:32 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Lostprophet@Dec 28 2004, 09:31 PM
I cant beleive you guys are making a joke about a Murder
It's not really about the murder itself, it's just the idea that someone would pin an idiotic teenager's actions on a DVD of a Rock band. That's what we're making jokes about. At least me anyways...
Maybe, But i actually knew that girl, It offends me, Im sorry if i came across harsh, But the fact is that it offends me
Ah. I apologize, then. But know that I wasn't making fun of the murder; I was merely poking fun at the fact that they're blaming Manson for this. [/b][/quote]
The same goes for me. I'm very sorry.

[Sylar]

Could it be that they were just looking for a motive, for this kid to have done something like this? I mean, people do stupid shit...a lot. The Kid could have been a crazed fan that wanted to re-inact something like this. I dunno. If they go and sue Manson, then it'd be stupid.

[Neil]

Well I'm in love with Stacey's mom

:lol:

[Willstar]

Originally posted by Neil@Dec 28 2004, 06:54 PM
Well I'm in love with Stacey's mom

:lol:
...OMG. LOL.

[Mr. Benzedrine]

Thank you everyone for understanding, All your Apologys are accepted

[Branden]

Originally posted by Lostprophet@Dec 28 2004, 11:05 PM
Thank you everyone for understanding, All your Apologys are accepted
Good, that relieved alot of guilt. :D

[Sylar]

Originally posted by Neil@Dec 28 2004, 06:54 PM
Well I'm in love with Stacey's mom

:lol:
...It's great how a joke is funny one minute and then so many people play it out so it gets old...in like 10 minutes. :rolleyes: