AN independent inquiry will be launched into the shocking handling of the Andrew Malkinson case, ministers confirmed today. Mr Malkinson, 57, spent 17 years in jail for a rape he did not commit. He…
A new probe will now investigate the handling and the role of Greater Manchester Police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Criminal Cases Review Commission in Mr Malkinson's conviction and subsequent appeals.
Attorney General Victoria Prentis added: "An independent inquiry cannot give Andrew Malkinson 17 years of freedom back. He had been in the area at the time, working in a stop-gap job as a security guard before planning to move permanently to theAndrew told police he would have been asleep at a fellow security guard's flat, where he was bunking as a guest, at the time of the attack.Police issued an e-fit of the attacker, whom the woman had left with a deep scratch on their face.
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