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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 was jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years in 1988 for murdering and raping Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth. Double child killer Colin Pitchfork to stay in prison, Parole Board ...
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 ...
Colin Pitchfork was identified and convicted of their murders after samples taken from him matched semen samples taken from the two dead girls. [8] This turned out to be a specifically important identification; British authorities believe that without it an innocent man would have inevitably been convicted.
He was given a life sentence in 1988 for raping and strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986.
Pitchfork was jailed for life in 1988 after raping and strangling two 15-year-olds, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986 Double child killer Colin Pitchfork can be ...