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Colin Pitchfork (born 23 March 1960) is an English child-murderer and child-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.
Code of a Killer is a three-part [1] British police drama television series which tells the true story of Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its introductory use by Detective David Baker in catching the double murderer Colin Pitchfork.
Pitchfork, a local bakery employee, had coerced his coworker Ian Kelly to stand in for him when providing a blood sample—Kelly then used a forged passport to impersonate Pitchfork. Another coworker reported the deception to the police. Pitchfork was arrested, and his blood was sent to Jeffreys' lab for processing and profile development.
The Parole Board has rejected a challenge to its decision to free Colin Pitchfork, who raped and murdered two schoolgirls in the 1980s. Government fails in bid to keep killer behind bars Skip to ...
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Decision on Pitchfork, who raped and strangled to death two 15-year-olds in the 1980s, now sent back to Parole Board Child murderer Colin Pitchfork’s ‘irrational’ prison release blocked by judge
Pitchfork became the first man convicted of murder on the basis of DNA evidence and was jailed for life in 1988. Justice Secretary to intervene in decision to free child killer Colin Pitchfork ...
Police set up a DNA dragnet to trap and convict the real killer, but are stymied when Richard Buckland confesses to the crime and his DNA does not match. Later, it is discovered that the true killer, Colin Pitchfork, had avoided giving a DNA sample during the dragnet and this brings the focus on him. This 1986 murder case is the first to use ...