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Colin Pitchfork

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Colin Pitchfork is a British double child-murderer and rapist. He was the first person convicted of rape and murder using DNA profiling after he murdered two girls in neighbouring Leicestershire villages: Lynda Mann in Narborough in November 1983, and Dawn Ashworth in Enderby in July 1986. He was arrested on 19 September 1987 and was sentenced to life imprisonment on 22 January 1988 after pleading guilty to both murders, with the judge giving him a 30-year minimum term (reduced to 28 years on appeal). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Pitchfork has received more than 1,819,633 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Colin Pitchfork is the 226th most popular extremist (down from 203rd in 2019), the 6,283rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,564th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Extremist.

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  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Colin Pitchfork ranks 226 out of 209. Before him are Baitullah Mehsud, Mohammed Bijeh, Hakimullah Mehsud, Waleed al-Shehri, Jared Fogle, and Amy Fisher. After him are Fazlullah, Ajmal Kasab, Atefeh Sahaaleh, Richard B. Spencer, Omar Mateen, and James Holmes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Colin Pitchfork ranks 689. Before him are Ye Jiangchuan, Mark Takano, Urszula Kielan, Bradley Walsh, Caroline Lucas, and Youth. After him are Rémy Vogel, Venkatesh, Aleksei Prudnikov, Ashley Crow, Nicola Griffith, and Ni Yulan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Pitchfork ranks 6,283 out of 7,765. Before him are Poppy Morgan (1983), Derek Ibbotson (1932), Robert Aramayo (1992), Judith Weir (1954), Nigel Clough (1966), and Stan Collymore (1971). After him are Joe Perry (1974), Willie Morgan (1944), Mike Paradinas (1971), Labrinth (1989), Lady Louise Windsor (2003), and Kelly Jones (1974).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Colin Pitchfork ranks 19. Before him are John Bodkin Adams (1899), Jonathan Wild (1683), Dick Turpin (1705), Howard Marks (1945), Stuart Christie (1946), and Beverley Allitt (1968). After him are Tommy Robinson (1982).

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