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Colin Pitchfork is a British double child-murderer and rapist. He was the first person convicted of rape and murder using DNA profiling after he murdered two girls in neighbouring Leicestershire villages: Lynda Mann in Narborough in November 1983, and Dawn Ashworth in Enderby in July 1986.
Jun 15, 2023 · Double child killer and rapist Colin Pitchfork has been granted parole and will be released from prison. Pitchfork was jailed for life for raping and strangling two 15-year-old girls, Lynda...
Dec 7, 2023 · Double child murderer and rapist Colin Pitchfork will not be released from prison, the Parole Board has ruled. Pitchfork was jailed for life for raping and strangling two 15-year-old girls,...
Dec 7, 2023 · Colin Pitchfork was found guilty of raping and murdering the two 15-year-olds from Leicestershire - and he was the first person in the world to be caught using DNA...
Nov 19, 2021 · Double child killer Colin Pitchfork has been arrested and recalled to prison, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. He was released two months ago after spending 33 years in jail for...
May 16, 2024 · Colin Pitchfork was released from prison in 2021 after 33 years but later recalled. The next parole hearing for double child killer and rapist Colin Pitchfork will be held in public in...
Jun 28, 2021 · Colin Pitchfork raped and killed 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in the 1980s and was the first murderer to be convicted using DNA evidence. Earlier this month the...
Sep 1, 2021 · In 1988, baker Colin Pitchfork became the first murderer convicted with the use of DNA evidence, a technique developed only three years earlier by scientists working at a university seven miles from his Leicestershire home.
Apr 22, 2022 · Double child killer and rapist Colin Pitchfork, who was recalled to prison weeks after approaching women, is to be considered for release again this year. Pitchfork, who killed two 15-year-old...
Jul 13, 2021 · Colin Pitchfork, who raped and murdered two schoolgirls in the 1980s, will be released from prison after the Parole Board rejected a government challenge. Pitchfork was given a life sentence in 1988 with a minimum 30-year term after strangling Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, both 15, in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986 respectively.
