Colin Pitchfork's 'irrational' prison release halted by judge 27 July 2023

[Thelnebriati]

''The release of Leicestershire double child killer Colin Pitchfork has been halted after a judge ordered that a decision to free him should be reviewed. The Parole Board said last month that the 63-year-old - who was given a minimum of 30 years behind bars in 1988 for raping and strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth - no longer posed a threat to the public.
But the decision was criticised by the victims' families and South Leicestershire MP Alberto Costa, who wrote to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk seeking an "immediate and urgent review". Now, a judge has ordered a reconsideration of the decision to release the killer after branding it "irrational". A new, three-member parole panel will now be selected to consider the case again.''
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/double-child-killer-colin-pitchforks-8633099

That probation board must have been out of their tiny minds.

His dead eyes in this picture always gives me shivers

Good.

Parole board, they are not members of the probation service.

@RealityFan Parole board, they are not members of the probation service.

Oops, my bad!

I always wonder how these parole boards can categorically say that offenders of this kind "no longer pose a threat to the public". It's not like they can be "tested out" with the public, it's a gamble that often costs more victims' lives. He is a serial rapist and killer, and at the age of 63 still very capable of committing more crimes. Why would anyone want to take a chance letting him out?

I hope that there is going to be an investigation into the Parole boards decision. What were they thinking?

Bunch of idiot do gooders taken in by a psychopathic sex criminal.

Does anyone know when he is next eligible for parole?

It's less than two years since he was released on parole, and his behaviour meant he ended up back behind bars again after less than a month. How can they have confidence that that wouldn't happen again? They trusted him before and he blew it - what on earth could be different now to justify him getting another chance?

Such a good point. It is a gamble and depressing that parole boards regularly seem prepared to gamble with other people's safety - especially if they're women and girls.

Part of the social contract Parliament made with the British people in ending capital punishment was that the most serious offenders would instead of getting the noose, would instead get bed and board for life.

Yes, remember the old life means life stories. Well, if this doesn't apply to Pitchfork, who does it apply to? Because it doesn't get much worse than him.

And correct me if needed, but he's never ponied up, never admitted to his heinous acts. Aren't there unresolved answers that would put the parents tortured minds partially to ease? If you're not going to confess everything, you lose everything.