Editing Colin Pitchfork (section)

===2021: release and recall===
On 7 June 2021, Pitchfork was granted release on conditional licence. The Secretary of State for Justice, [[Robert Buckland]], applied for a review of the decision under the terms of the Parole Board Reconsideration Mechanism, introduced in 2019, and Pitchfork remained in custody pending the outcome.<ref>{{cite news |title=Colin Pitchfork: Double schoolgirl murderer can be released |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-57384393 |accessdate=7 June 2021|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/colin-pitchfork-released-prison-double-child-murderer-parole-board-government-challenge-1101061|title=Double child murderer Colin Pitchfork to be released from prison despite Government challenge|date=13 July 2021|website=inews.co.uk}}</ref> On 13 July 2021, it was reported that the review had been refused and that Pitchfork would therefore be released.<ref name="Release">{{Cite news |date=13 July 2021 |title=Colin Pitchfork: Double child killer's release confirmed |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-57737050 |access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref> He was released on 1 September 2021.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 September 2021| title=Double child killer Colin Pitchfork has been released from prison |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/09/01/double-child-killer-colin-pitchfork-has-released-prison/ |access-date=1 September 2021}}</ref>

In November 2021, Pitchfork was recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions by "approaching young women" while on walks from his [[bail hostel]].<ref name="BBC 59377431">{{cite news |title=Colin Pitchfork recalled to jail after approaching young women |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59377431 |access-date=22 November 2021 |work=BBC News |date=22 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=19 November 2021| title=Colin Pitchfork: Double child killer arrested and recalled to prison after 'breaching licence conditions' |work=Sky News |url=https://news.sky.com/story/colin-pitchfork-double-child-killer-arrested-and-recalled-to-prison-after-breaching-licence-conditions-12472797 |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> His second victim's mother, Barbara Ashworth, told [[BBC News]] that she was pleased "he's been put away and women and girls are safe and protected from him now".<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-11-19|title=Double child killer Colin Pitchfork sent back to prison|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59354638|access-date=2021-11-19}}</ref> There are complaints that the Parole Board was insufficiently cautious in allowing Pitchfork's release. Justice Secretary [[Dominic Raab]] promised a Parole Board review. David Baker, a former police detective who helped capture Pitchfork, believes Pitchfork could deceive the Parole Board and pretend it was safe to release him. Baker maintains Pitchfork is a [[psychopath]] and it will never be safe to release him.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59394475 Colin Pitchfork: Justice Secretary Dominic Raab pledges parole review] ''[[BBC]]''</ref>