Andrew Malkinson, who served 17 years in prison, says he feels he had been 'kidnapped by the state'.
A man whose rape conviction has been overturned after a 20-year fight has said the past two decades felt like he had been "kidnapped by the state".His case wasMr Malkinson, 57, said: "I was innocent and finally they listened.""It has taken nearly 20 years to persuade my kidnappers to let me go."
At the time of his trial, there was no DNA evidence linking him to the crime and the prosecution's case against him was based solely on identification evidence. The Crown Prosecution Service later conceded Mr Malkinson's conviction was unsafe because new evidence pointed to another man, who the court ordered can only be identified as Mr B.Andy Malkinson's custody picture two weeks after the rape - and the e-fit of the suspectPolice said in January that a man had been arrested and released under investigation in light of the new information, but no decision had been made on whether he will be charged.
"Now I have finally been exonerated, I am left outside this court without an apology, without an explanation, jobless, homeless, expected to simply slip back into the world with no acknowledgement of the gaping black hole they opened up in my lifeHe continued: "People convicted of rape are the lowest of the low. I did not commit the crime, but I was treated as if I did. I spent 17 years on my guard against every threat.
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