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Colin Pitchfork: Double schoolgirl murderer can be released
A double child killer who was the first murderer to be convicted using DNA evidence can be released, the Parole Board has confirmed.
Colin Pitchfork, 61, was jailed for life for raping and murdering 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in the 1980s.
Pitchfork has spent 33 years in prison - he was last denied parole in 2018.
The Parole Board said it was satisfied Pitchfork was suitable for release, which is subject to conditions.
"Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority," a Parole Board spokesman said.
The decision is provisional for 21 days, the spokesman added.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-57384393
A double child killer who was the first murderer to be convicted using DNA evidence can be released, the Parole Board has confirmed.
Colin Pitchfork, 61, was jailed for life for raping and murdering 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in the 1980s.
Pitchfork has spent 33 years in prison - he was last denied parole in 2018.
The Parole Board said it was satisfied Pitchfork was suitable for release, which is subject to conditions.
"Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority," a Parole Board spokesman said.
The decision is provisional for 21 days, the spokesman added.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-57384393
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Furious relatives of two schoolgirls murdered by a notorious paedophile have condemned a decision to let him go free. The Parole Board has approved the release of Colin Pitchfork (top and inset), who raped and strangled the 15-year-olds in sadistic attacks in the 1980s. The mother of Dawn Ashworth (bottom left) said the killer – the first to be convicted on DNA evidence – 'will always present a danger'. And the sister of his first victim Lynda Mann (bottom right) said she believed he was incapable of rehabilitation. Pitchfork, now 61, could be free in weeks. But Justice Secretary Robert Buckland ordered officials to look into whether he could trigger a formal review last night – as another MP vowed to get the Parole Board decision overturned. It plunged the Parole Board into crisis just three years after its chairman Nick Hardwick was forced to resign over its decision to free black-cab rapist John Worboys.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9661847/Colin-Pitchfork-victims-mother-hits-decision-free-double-killer.html
https://news.sky.com/story/colin-pitchfork-man-raped-and-murdered-two-schoolgirls-to-be-released-after-government-loses-challenge-12354840
EXCLUSIVE: The sister of one of depraved Colin Pitchfork's murder victims today said he should be castrated and have paedophile tattooed on his face before he is freed.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9786813/Colin-Pitchfork-victims-sister-says-double-child-killer-rapist-castrated.html