If This Most Evil of Men Had Hanged - There Would Be No Problem Today.

 

• Schoolgirl killer Colin Pitchfork could be released early from after parole hearing
• He was jailed for life after raping and strangling Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth
• Conservative MP Alberto Costa said decision is due to be made public on April 7

By MATT DRAKE FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED:  20:22, 22 March 2021  | UPDATED:  21:36, 22 March 2021

One of the UK's most notorious killers, who raped and strangled two schoolgirls, could be freed from jail.

The Parole Board has met to decide whether Colin Pitchfork is eligible for early release.

He was jailed for life after strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986.

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Colin Pitchfork was jailed for life for the killing of 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in the 1980s

He became the first man convicted of murder on the basis of DNA evidence and was given a 30-year minimum term when sentenced at Leicester Crown Court in 1988. Mail.