THE murder of Jodi Jones showed similarities with the infamous killing of an aspiring Hollywood actress, an expert pathologist told the High Court yesterday.

Injuries suffered by the Dalkeith schoolgirl were compared by the Crown to those inflicted upon Elizabeth Short - a 22-year-old American whose death in 1947 gained notoriety as the BlackDahlia murder.

The jury was shown artwork by Goth-rock musician Marilyn Manson, who displays on his website a series of watercolours which are based on her death.

After a warning from Lord Nimmo Smith, photographs of Jodi's body were also shown to the courtroom.

Luke Mitchell, 16, denies murdering his 14-year-old girlfriend. He denies killing her in an attack which included tying her up, partly constricting her neck and slashing her with a knife or similar instrument.

Professor Anthony Busuttil, head of Edinburgh University's forensic medicine department, said the injuries suffered by both girls were of a similar variety and at similar locations.