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LET DOWN, British Justice, well Ask Mr Malkinson, a Innocent man, so many more, in Jail now, Innocent. Remember Gerry Conlon, the Sallins Train Robbery here, all Innocent. Yesterday to see Bluffer Simon Harris, Boozing with Starmer, Guinness, yet the Brits, Covered up, the Slaughter of the Miami Showband, Remember? Harris Stop Licking, Brit Arses, do your Job, Find the Truth, so many, Bloody Sunday, and the Shoot to Kill policy, Shoot first. Sinn Fein, a Joke, their Vote is Gone, Mary Lou, so Detached from Irish peoples’ Worries, Migration, and more??

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Man who spent 17 years in jail after being wrongly convicted of rape ‘could have been freed almost a DECADE earlier ’Ms Pitcher offered Mr Malkinson an “unreserved apology” in April when she received the findings of the review

  • Published: 13:23, 18 Jul 2024
  • Updated: 13:42, 18 Jul 2024
  • Published: Invalid Date,

AN innocent man who spent 17 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit could have been freed almost a DECADE earlier, a damning report has found.

Andrew Malkinson, 57, was locked up after being convicted of raping a woman in Greater Manchester in 2003.He spent years protesting his innocence and was finally cleared last year when his conviction was quashed.

A scathing report has now found Malkinson could have been exonerated almost a decade earlier.

Malkinson and legal charity Appeal applied for his case to be reviewed by the Criminal Cases Review Commission in 2009.

But the CCRC sat on crucial DNA evidence which had been available since 2007.The commission concluded its review in 2012, refusing to order more forensic testing or refer the case for appeal because of costs.

A second appeal was rejected by the commission in 2020 before Malkinson was cleared last year.

Malkinson said: “The CCRC obstructed my fight for justice and cost me an extra decade wrongly imprisoned.”

He called for a complete overhaul of the body and for its chairwoman Helen Pitcher to be sacked.He revealed the body had even considered rejecting requests for a referral to the Court of Appeal for a third time.

Presenting the review today, Henley said: “The CCRC failed Mr Malkinson.

“It required Appeal to obtain the new DNA evidence that ultimately resulted in the further work that led to the referral by the CCRC.

“It would not have happened otherwise. The opportunity to have this case referred in 2009 was missed.Nealon’s case “undoubtedly bore similarities to Mr Malkinson’s case”, Henley said.

He added: “In my view Mr Malkinson’s conviction would have been quashed almost 10 years earlier than it was, if the Nealon judgment had been properly understood and followed.”

Mr Malkinson said: “This report lays bare how the CCRC obstructed my fight for justice and cost me an extra decade wrongly imprisoned.

“In 2022 the CCRC was considering rejecting my case for a third time, despite the compelling DNA evidence presented by my legal team.

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