in november 1983, the body of 15—year—old lynda mann was found near leicester.ter, and less than a mile away, the body of a second 15—year—old, dawn ashworth, was found. she died following what the pathologist described as a brutal sexual assault. colin pitchfork — a married father of two, a family man who became a murderer. he was 22 when he first killed. now, after 33 years in prison, he will be released after the government's challenge to the parole board's decision to free him was rejected. his victims�* families had campaigned to keep him in prison. i'm concerned about what it says, what messages it sends out. and what assessment it makes of the worth of the lives of my niece and his other victim. the police investigation had been the first of its kind, using dna fingerprint technology with techniques pioneered at the university of leicester. local men from three villages were asked to give a dna sample — again, the first time that mass screening like this had been used. and more than 5000 men volunteered. colin pitchfork was caught and became notorious as

have you spoken to the family of lynda mann and dawn i family of lynda mann and dawn ashworth since thisbe my age if they had not been so horrifically murdered. and i think— been so horrifically murdered. and i think it's _ been so horrifically murdered. and i think it's right that your viewers rightly— think it's right that your viewers rightly ask, is it right to believe someone — rightly ask, is it right to believe someone who has committed that of offence? _ someone who has committed that of offence? i_ someone who has committed that of offence? i think if colin pitchfork had committed just one of those offences— had committed just one of those offences today, he would likely get what is _ offences today, he would likely get what is called a whole life tariff, and that — what is called a whole life tariff, and that would result probably him spending _ and that would result probably him spending the whole of his natural life in— spending the whole of his natural life in prison. so we've certainly moved — life in prison. so we've certainly moved on — life in prison. so we've certainly

in november 1983, the body of 15—year—old lynda mann was found near leicester.nd 15—year—old, dawn ashworth, was found. she died following what the pathologist described as a brutal sexual assault. colin pitchfork — a married father of two, a family man who became a murderer. he was 22 when he first killed. now, after 33 years in prison, he will be released after the government's challenge to the parole board's decision to free him was rejected. his victims' families had campaigned to keep him in prison. i'm concerned about what it says, what messages it sends out. and what assessment it makes of the worth of the lives of my niece and his other victim. the police investigation had been the first of its kind, using dna fingerprint technology with techniques pioneered at the university of leicester. local men from three villages were asked to give a dna sample — again, the first time that mass screening like this had been used. and more than 5,000 men volunteered. colin pitchfork was caught and became notorious as the first person convicted of murder on the basis

colin pitchfork has served 33 years injailfor raping and murdering 15—year—olds lynda mann and dawn ashworth month, the parole board said it was safe to release the 61—year—old, who was the first murderer to be convicted using dna evidence. now on bbc news, click. this week — the hajj through digital art. sd glasses and sd houses. and how about a glass of wine made with al? hey, welcome to click! hope you've had a good week. lara, how are you doing? i'm good — just trying to plan for another summer of the unknown! chuckles yep! another one of those is on its way, isn't it? summer is gonna be different for everyone once again this year, and that includes the many muslims who would normally be about to undertake hajj. hajj is the pilgrimage that's made by around 2.5 million muslims every year from all across the globe to mecca, saudi arabia, and this year, it's happening injuly. it's one of the most important acts of faith that a muslim can undertake, and it's said to amaze those who do. but of course, in the last couple of years, the coronavirus has led the saudi authorities to severely limit

the department is disappointed with this outcome, that its sympathies are with the families of lynda mannson without possibility of parole as the default sentence. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. not a bad day out there today with lots of sunny spells. there are a few showers around, but nowhere near as widespread or as heavy as they were yesterday. into the evening hours, you can see very pleasant temperatures, high teens, low 20s and in some places clear skies. one or two showers may linger into the evening, particularly across central parts of the uk, but for most of us it is going to be a dry evening and night. clear skies across western and central areas, a bit more cloud from aberdeenshire along the north sea coast to east anglia and the south—east. tomorrow, a fine day. a lot of us wake up to clear blue skies. probably a bit of fairweather cloud bubbling up through the afternoon but, on the whole, it is a fine day and temperatures widely into the low or even mid 20s, so it really is going to feel quite warm tomorrow. the outlook, if you like warm weather it is

colin pitchfork has served 33 years injailfor raping and murdering 15—year—olds lynda mann and dawn ashworthelease the 61—year—old, who was the first murderer to be convicted using dna evidence. it was an extraordinary escape — carlos ghosn — the former boss of the car making giant, nissan — has been describing how he fled house arrest injapan by hiding in a box that was then loaded on to a private jet. he'd been arrested in tokyo in 2018 and charged with financial misconduct offences. he denies the charges and says he believes he is being treated as collateral damage. he is now in exile in lebanon from where he has been speaking exclusively to our business editor, simon jack from folk hero to fugitive. carlos ghosn was the rock star of the business world. at one time the boss of renault, nissan, and a giant manufacturing alliance that included mitsubishi. mingling with heads of state, his image was found in the society pages in france, and comics injapan. citizen of the world with homes across the globe. but that opulent lifestyle came to an abrupt halt when he landed injapan in november 20

pitchfork, now in his early 60s, was jailed for life after raping and strangling 15—year—olds lynda mannuk with dna evidence. he was given a 30 year sentence, increased to 33... sorry, of which he served 33 years. he has been trying to get parole for some time. he was given parole recently and immediately the justice secretary stepped in, prompted and immediately thejustice secretary stepped in, prompted i think by a lot of media coverage of the concern of the families of the two young girls who were murdered, and he challenged the decision by the parole board to released colin pitchfork at this moment. he said he thought it was irrational for him to be released. he said that the board which decided that colin pitchfork should be released had failed to provide sufficient reasons as to why that decision had been made. quite a lot goes into these parole board decisions. in the case of colin pitchfork there was a consideration over whether he had provided any suggestion of remorse and that was taken into account. also whether clearly he provided a risk to people if he was going to be releas