Colin Pitchfork: Double child murderer released from prison.
Colin Pitchfork spent 33 years in prison for the murders
Double child killer Colin Pitchfork has been released from prison, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.
He was jailed in 1988 for raping and murdering 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire.
In June, the Parole Board concluded it was safe to release Pitchfork, who was the first murderer to be convicted using DNA evidence.
The MoJ said Pitchfork, 61, would remain under supervision for the rest of his life.
Pitchfork raped and strangled Lynda Mann in Narborough in November 1983 and killed Dawn Ashworth three years later.
He was caught following an unprecedented mass screening of 5,000 men using pioneering DNA profiling technology. BBC.
