A New York judge ruled DNA evidence obtained from a cutting-edge technique can be used in the upcoming trial of Gilgo Beach ...

The Parole Board meets to consider the case of a notorious child killer who became the first person in the world to be convicted using DNA evidence.

Pitchfork, now in his early 60s, was the first person to be convicted of murder on the basis of DNA evidence.

Colin Pitchfork was given a life sentence in 1988 for the rape and murder of two 15-year-old girls A man who raped and murdered two girls and became the first person to be convicted using DNA ...

Colin Pitchfork, who was the first man convicted of murder on the basis of DNA evidence, was jailed for life in 1988 for strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in ...

Double child murderer and rapist Colin Pitchfork will not be released from prison, the Parole Board has ruled. Pitchfork, 63, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years in 1988 for raping ...

DNA Evidence on Trial DNA has transformed the field of forensic sciences, yet ever since its first use in a criminal investigation in 1987, the evidence has proven only as reliable as those doing the ...

Pitchfork became the first man convicted of murder on the basis of DNA evidence and was jailed for life at Leicester Crown Court in 1988.

Double murderer Colin Pitchfork was finally arrested after a friend leaked his twisted actions over a pint in the pub. The convicted killer, 64, was today rejected by a judge after he asked for a ...

A notorious double child murderer has initiated a legal challenge for a judicial review in connection with his parole proceedings. The Parole Board disclosed that Colin Pitchfork is requesting ...

A man who raped and murdered two girls and became the first person in the world to be convicted using DNA should be moved to an open prison, the justice secretary says.