Parole Board asked to reconsider decision to allow double child killer Colin Pitchfork to be released
The Parole Board previously ruled that Pitchfork, who was jailed for life for raping and strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986, could be freed.
Pitchfork was given a minimum term of 30 years in 1988, later had it reduced to 28 years for good behaviour and was released in September 2021.Read more: The Ministry of Justice had previously said it would look "very carefully" at the move, while a source there described it as "deeply worrying". "My number one priority is public protection and after careful assessment I have asked the Parole Board to reconsider their decision to release him.The killer, who is now in his early 60s, was the first man to be convicted with DNA evidence.
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