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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sian Harrison

Andrew Malkinson accuses police of ‘cover up’ after being cleared of rape

PA Wire

A man who served 17 years behind bars for a rape he did not commit angrily described being “kidnapped by the state” yesterday after he was cleared by the Court of Appeal.

Andrew Malkinson, 57, was found guilty of raping a woman in Greater Manchester in 2003 and the following year he was jailed for life with a minimum term of seven years. He served 10 more because he maintained his innocence.

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