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Callum Parke

FOUND: Pitchfork loses high court challenge over information about sex assault claim | Mind Blowing Facts

Colin Pitchfork was jailed for life in 1988 (PA) - (PA Media)

Double child killer Colin Pitchfork has lost a High Court bid to challenge Parole Board decisions relating to an allegation that he “sexually assaulted another prisoner”, ahead of a hearing to decide whether he should be released for a second time.

Pitchfork was jailed for life in 1988 after raping and strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986.

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