Episode Details

In this episode of pplpod, we examine the landmark case of Colin Pitchfork, a baker and sexual predator who became the first person in history convicted of murder using DNA profiling,. We recount the tragic brutalization and strangulation of teenagers Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire during the 1980s, crimes that initially left police with few leads,.

Discover how a revolutionary mass DNA screening of thousands of local men ultimately cornered the killer, despite Pitchfork’s elaborate attempt to cheat the system by paying a coworker to provide a blood sample in his place,. We also discuss the dramatic tip-off from a pub conversation that led to his arrest and subsequent life sentence in 1988,. Finally, we cover the ongoing controversy surrounding Pitchfork’s incarceration, including his brief release in 2021 and subsequent recall to prison for approaching young women,.