DOUBLE child sex killer Colin Pitchfork has provoked fury by changing his name as he plans for his release from jail.
And it comes as he continues to run up a huge taxpayer-funded legal aid bill for parole hearings.
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Pitchfork — the first person in the UK to be convicted using DNA evidence — used a deed poll to become Andrew Staples, The Sun on Sunday has learned.
Although he has not broken the law, anti-crime campaigners have reacted with anger.
Former minister Sir Alec Shelbrooke said: “This is one of the most dangerous sex offenders ever convicted.
“If he thinks he can avoid public scrutiny by hiding in plain sight and changing his name, he is wrong.
“Whatever he calls himself, he will always be known as a double murderer and rapist.”
A source at Winchester jail in Hampshire, where Pitchfork, 64, is held, said: “He seems to be planning for his future on the outside by changing his name.
“He thinks he’s being clever. It’s sickening.”
The monster was jailed for life in 1988 with a minimum term of 30 years — later reduced to 28 years — for raping and strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann in 1983 and Dawn Ashworth in 1986, both in Leicestershire.
He was released on licence in 2021 but recalled within two months for breaching his parole terms.
Pitchfork was granted parole again in June 2023 but the decision was challenged by ministers and in December it was ruled he would not be released.
However, he successfully challenged that decision earlier this year and a “complete re-hearing” was ordered.
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