1/ My personal opinion:
Between February 1979 and June 1986, Colin Pitchfork raped and or indecently assaulted (oral rape with screwdriver to head) FOUR schoolgirls, two of whom he murdered. Both murdered schoolgirls were strangled.
Between February 1979 and June 1986, Colin Pitchfork raped and or indecently assaulted (oral rape with screwdriver to head) FOUR schoolgirls, two of whom he murdered. Both murdered schoolgirls were strangled.
2/ The fourth victim was subjected to an unspeakably brutal sexual assault & murder. Her perineum, the area between vagina & anus was split, she was punched in the head. The anal ring was spread with three fissures. The pathologist described a “brutal sexual attack”. She was 15.
3/ Reports on Pickford repeatedly speak of his ability to manipulate those in authority. One sees evidence of this manipulation in the parole board reasoning: his sexual frustration & loneliness, a desire to dominate & control. SO WHAT, WHO CARES.
4/ The violent sexual attacks have been turned into mitigation. Remove the sexual element & just describe a man who kidnaps and murders two people a few years apart, and you are left with someone who is so obviously profoundly dangerous that they should not see freedom.
5/ But here, by virtue of the fact of the brutal *sexual* violation and murder of two schoolgirls, this man has been able to plead sexual frustration & loneliness - manipulative indeed. His sexual frustrations & loneliness are a complete irrelevance.
6/ The parole board is not to be trusted. It's an opaque group of people, utterly lacking in diversity and it would seem common sense also, with a bad track record (see John Worboys).
7/ Parachuting in a single eminent lawyer, Michael Topolski QC doesn't even begin to address the legitimate concerns that remain.
This man must not be released from prison.
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This man must not be released from prison.
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*Pitchfork
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