Killer Colin Pitchfork has plea for release from prison rejected

Pitchfork was jailed in 1988 for rape and murder of two teenage girls, Lynda Mann and Dawn AshworthColin Pitchfork, who was convicted of raping and murdering two teenagers, has had his application to be released from jail rejected by the Parole Board, which also said he should not be moved to an open prison.A panel found that Pitchfork, 65, who was jailed for life in 1988 for raping and strangling Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, both 15, in 1983 and 1986 in Leicestershire, posed a risk of reoffending. Continue reading...