Editing Colin Pitchfork (section)

==Life==
Pitchfork lived at 6 Brascote Lane in [[Newbold Verdon]], attending school in [[Market Bosworth]] and [[Bosworth Academy|Bosworth College]] in [[Desford]]. He was in the 1st Newbold Verdon Scout Group, gaining the [[the Scout Association#Award scheme|Chief Scout's Award]] in September 1976.<ref>''Leicester Mercury'' Friday 10 September 1976, page 8</ref> He was one of four scouts chosen in Leicestershire to go to the [[14th World Scout Jamboree]] in Norway in August 1975, amongst 1,600 scouts from the UK.<ref>''Hinckley Times'' Friday 25 July 1975, page 6</ref> Molly Pitchfork, his mother, was the Group Scout Leader.<ref>''Hinckley Times'' Friday 8 April 1983, page 8</ref><ref>''Hinckley Times'' Friday 31 August 1984, page 17</ref>

He married a [[social worker]] in 1981 and moved to the Leicestershire village of [[Littlethorpe, Leicestershire|Littlethorpe]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/colin-pitchfork-child-killer-colin-pitchfork-to-be-released-from-prison-who-is-colin-pitchfork-how-old-is-he-now-3264248|title=Everything you need to know about child murderer Colin Pitchfork and his release from prison on parole|website=www.scotsman.com|date=13 July 2021 }}</ref>{{R|Wambaugh 1995}} Before his marriage, Pitchfork had been convicted of [[indecent exposure]] and had been referred for therapy to the [[Carlton Hayes Hospital]], [[Narborough, Leicestershire|Narborough]].<ref name ="evan"/>

Pitchfork had obtained work in Hampshire's Bakery in Leicester, in 1976, as an [[apprentice]]. He continued to work there until his arrest for the murders. He became particularly skilled as a sculptor of [[cake decoration]]s and had hoped, eventually, to start his own cake decorating business. According to his supervisor, he was "a good worker and time-keeper, but he was moody... and he couldn't leave women employees alone. He was always chatting them up."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1eoyK2Ycj30C&q=colin+pitchfork+wife+%22social+worker%22&pg=PT103|title=The Blooding|last=Wambaugh|first=Joseph|date=2011-11-29|publisher=Open Road Media|isbn=9781453234235|language=en}}</ref>