The body responsible for investigating miscarriages of justice missed a key chance to look again at the case of a man who spent 17 years behind bars for a rape he didn't commit, according to reports today.
Andrew Malkinson, now aged 58, was 37 when he was found guilty - on February 10, 2004 - by a 10-2 majority of carrying out a violent sex attack on a woman by the M61 motorway in Little Hulton, Salford.
He was convicted despite no DNA evidence. Malkinson was jailed for life with a minimum term of seven years, but served a further 10 more after maintaining his innocence.
In July last year however, the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction after forensic testing linked another man to the crime. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
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