Miscarriages of justice body to review handling of Andrew Malkinson case
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe body which investigates miscarriages of justice will review its handling of the case of Andrew Malkinson. It comes after his appeals to them were twice turned down before his rape conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeal.
The 57-year-old was found guilty of raping a woman by the M61 motorway in Little Hulton, Salford, in July 2003 and was jailed for life the following year.
He served 10 more years because he maintained his innocence. But his conviction was quashed by senior judges at the Court of Appeal in July after DNA evidence linking another man to the crime came to light.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) said chairman Helen Pitcher met the Lord Chancellor on Wednesday to discuss the case. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. A CCRC spokesman said: "A review into the decisions taken in Mr Malkinson's case couldn't be started until we had the judgment from the Court of Appeal, but we have long recognised that it would be important to have one. "We will be as open as we can be within our statutory constraints with the findings of the completed review and the lessons to be learned.
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