{"id":99501,"date":"2023-10-01T02:20:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T02:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=99501"},"modified":"2023-10-01T02:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T02:20:49","slug":"mother-of-teen-victim-pleads-for-colin-pitchfork-to-be-kept-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/mother-of-teen-victim-pleads-for-colin-pitchfork-to-be-kept-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother of teen victim pleads for Colin Pitchfork to be kept in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;He killed my daughter&#8230; and will kill again&#8217;: Mother of teen victim Dawn Ashworth pleads for Colin Pitchfork to be kept behind bars as double murder makes case for freedom\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The two-day Parole Board hearing will take place today\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The heartbroken mother of teen victim Dawn Ashworth has warned &#8216;he will kill again&#8217; and pleaded for Colin Pitchfork to be kept behind bars as he makes his case for freedom today.<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Ashworth&#8217;s 15-year-old daughter\u00a0was killed by Pitchfork in 1986.\u00a0The double murderer was jailed for life with a minimum of 30 years for killing Dawn and\u00a0Lynda Mann &#8211; who was also 15-years-old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago the killer was controversially granted parole &#8211; only for it to be\u00a0revoked just two months later after he was caught approaching a young girl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now Ms Ashworth, 77, has urged the parole board not to make the same mistake again at the two-day hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She told\u00a0The Sun: &#8216;I just want him locked away forever \u2013 it&#8217;s an insult that he&#8217;s even been given an option to come out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s devastated my life. I&#8217;ve not only lost my only daughter but he&#8217;s also robbed me of having grandchildren.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/01\/76024379-12579915-image-a-18_1696118669849.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Teen victim Dawn Ashworth (pictured) was murdered by Colin Pitchfork in the village of Enderby in 1986<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/01\/76024377-12579915-image-a-17_1696118661540.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Double murderer Colin Pitchfork was jailed for life with a minimum of 30 years for killing Dawn Ashcroft and Lynda Mann<\/p>\n<p>The parole decision in 2021 drew criticism from the victims&#8217; families who said they had been let down by the system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: The disturbing truth behind sex killer Colin Pitchfork&#8217;s return to jail: Urgent calls for parole reform after predator &#8216;sidled up to&#8217; teenage women in the street<\/h3>\n<p>Although he did not commit any new offences, the &#8216;concerning&#8217; behaviour was deemed so troubling that Pitchfork was sent back to jail for breaching the terms of his release on licence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tory Robert Buckland, who was justice secretary when Pitchfork was freed in 2021, said he should &#8216;never have been released in the first place&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pitchfork shocked Britain after raping and strangling Lynda in Narborough, Leicestershire, in November 1983.<\/p>\n<p>He later murdered Dawn in the nearby village of Enderby three years later, before he became the first murderer to be convicted using DNA evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Police had asked 5,000 men to provide a DNA sample but Pitchfork persuaded a friend of his to give one on his behalf. He was caught when the friend was heard gloating about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In police interviews, the killer later admitted exposing himself to over 1,000 women throughout his lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Pitchfork raped and strangled Lynda in Narborough, Leics, as she walked home from babysitting in November 1983.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nearly three years later he raped and strangled Dawn in neighbouring Enderby less than a mile away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/01\/76024623-12579915-image-m-19_1696118707449.jpg\" height=\"941\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Barbara Ashworth&#8217;s (pictured) 15-year-old daughter was killed by Colin Pitchfork in 1986. She has warned &#8216;he will kill again&#8217; and pleaded for him to be kept behind bars<\/p>\n<p>Ms Ashcroft, who now lives in Cornwall, said she remembers it like it was yesterday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8216;Our lives changed for ever in that moment. Dawn had so many ambitions and her death has left a void. 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