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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Mother of Colin Pitchfork victim dismayed as he wins new release hearing

Colin Pitchfork.
Pitchfork was previously released on conditional licence in September 2021 and was recalled to prison two months later after breaching his licence conditions. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

The mother of one of Colin Pitchfork’s victims has expressed her anger after the rapist and murderer won an appeal for a fresh parole hearing to determine whether he should be released from prison.

Pitchfork was jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years in 1988, later reduced to 28 years, for raping and strangling Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, both 15, in 1983 and 1986 respectively.

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