Double rapist child killer Colin Pitchfork freed from jail

Pitchfork became the first man convicted of murder on the basis of DNA evidence in 1988.

Double child killer Colin Pitchfork has been released from prison after bids to keep him behind bars for longer failed (Police handout/PA)

Double child killer Colin Pitchfork has walked free from prison after bids to keep him behind bars for longer failed.

Now in his early 60s, Pitchfork was jailed for life after raping and strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986.