Fury as evil double child-killer Colin Pitchfork could be freed from prison in days
DOUBLE child-killer Colin Pitchfork could be freed in days — leaving victims’ families furious.
Pitchfork, 63, raped and strangled Lynda Mann, 15, in 1983 and Dawn Ashworth, also 15, in 1986.
Despite never showing remorse, he could walk free from his life sentence this week.
Families have been told to expect a parole board decision on Thursday.
Pitchfork — who now goes by the name David Thorpe — carried out his crimes in Leicestershire.
He was denied parole in 2016 and 2018 after being branded a danger to the public.
He was released in 2021 but was back in jail two months later after breaching the licence conditions of his release.
Lynda’s sister Rebecca Eastwood, 42, has told pals on Facebook: “Keep everything crossed for the outcome we all want.”
Pitchfork, already known to police as a serial flasher, dropped his wife off at an evening class before chancing upon Lynda on a path near to her home in Narborough, Leics, in November 1983.
As his son slept in a carrycot, he raped and murdered the teenager.
When asked why he strangled her, he reportedly said: “Because she was screaming”.
In 1986, the former baker struck again — raping and strangling Dawn, also 15, on another stretch of the same footpath.
He was the first person convicted of rape and murder using DNA profiling.