Shadow home secretary says Andrew Malkinson shouldn't be ‘penalised any further’ amid reports he could be forced to pay prison service
28.07.2023 - 08:53
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Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has said she does not believe it would be appropriate for Andrew Malkinson to be ‘penalised any further’ following reports his jail living costs may be deducted from any possible compensation.
Mr Malkinson, 57, spent 17 years behind bars for a rape that he didn't commit. He had always denied carrying out the violent attack on a woman by the M61 motorway in Little Hulton in July 2003.
He was jailed for life with a minimum term of seven years but remained in prison for a further 10 because he maintained he was innocent. His conviction was quashed by senior judges at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday after DNA evidence linked another man to the crime.
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Following the decision, it was widely reported that he may be required to pay for the cost of food and accommodation covering his time spent in jail. It is understood to be standard practice in miscarriage of justice cases since the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 came into force.
Speaking about the process on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Friday morning (July 28), Yvette Cooper said: “There is obviously an independent process for determining this.
“But I don’t think anyone would think that that was appropriate for Mr Malkinson to be penalised any further in this case.
“I assume that they will take that very seriously when they’re considering this.”
Asked if there is a case for reviewing the process for how claims of miscarriage of justice are looked at, the Labour frontbencher added: “I think one of the issues that this case raises is why it has taken so long… for this to be overturned despite the multiple appeals and flaws in the original
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