Charging wrongfully convicted prisoners for living costs is unfair, says Rishi Sunak
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRishi Sunak believes it is unfair that prisoners who were wrongly convicted should have to pay back living costs for their time locked up, Downing Street has said.
It comes amid concerns that a man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit faces deductions from any compensation for his board and lodging.
Andrew Malkinson, 57, was wrongly found guilty of raping a woman by the M61 motorway in Little Hulton, Salford, in 2003. The following year, he was jailed for life with a minimum term of seven years. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. He served 10 more years because he maintained his innocence, but his conviction was quashed by senior judges at the Court of Appeal last week after DNA evidence linking another man to the crime came to light.
Asked about concerns that living costs could be taken off any compensation Mr Malkinson receives, the Prime Minister’s press secretary said there is an independent board that reviews and then makes the decision.
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