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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Colin Pitchfork was arrested in 1987 and it was found that his DNA profile matched the semen samples from the murder. Because of this case, DNA databases were developed. There is the national (FBI) and international databases as well as the European countries (ENFSI: European Network of Forensic Science Institutes).
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 ...