Article 5KHCF MoJ to challenge decision to release child killer Colin Pitchfork

MoJ to challenge decision to release child killer Colin Pitchfork

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Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#5KHCF)

Parole Board says Pitchfork, who raped and killed two 15-year-old girls in 1980s, is suitable for release'

Robert Buckland, the UK justice secretary, is to ask the Parole Board to reconsider its decision to approve the release of the child killer and rapist Colin Pitchfork.

The double murderer was jailed in 1988 after raping and strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986.

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