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The Mancunian Way: A total failure of the judicial system
27.07.2023 - 16:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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Andrew Malkinson was due to appear on Radio 4 very early this morning - but he slept in. That’s because last night was his first as a truly free man.
Convicted in 2004 of the brutal rape of a woman in Salford - a crime he didn’t commit - Mr Malkinson spent 17 years behind bars. His conviction was yesterday quashed by senior judges at the Court of Appeal after DNA evidence linking another man to the crime came to light.
He told the Today programme: “It’s the result I've waited for, for 20 years.”
But his relief and joy are balanced with anger at ever having been convicted of the crime - and the strain of the painfully slow process to clear his name.
The Criminal Case Review Commission - set up to examine miscarriages of justice - has been accused of incompetence in their handling of the case. While Mr Malkinson has rejected Greater Manchester Police’s apology.
In a powerful interview with presenter Justin Webb, he said he never gave up protesting his innocence during his 17 year stint in prison. “The truth is the fundamental thing,” he said. “These are fundamental hard won truths and this was an institutional lie.”
Mr Malkinson was jailed for life with a minimum term of seven years. But he served 10 more years because he maintained his innocence. He told the BBC the extra time behind bars took an 'extremely heavy toll' on his psyche and that he 'contemplated suicide many times'.
But he said pretending he had committed the crime in order to get parole would have been ‘a hollow choice’.
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