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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Emily Dugan

Andrew Malkinson calls miscarriage of justice watchdog’s ex-head ‘shameless’

Andrew Malkinson
Andrew Malkinson was wrongfully convicted and jailed in 2003 for rape. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

Andrew Malkinson has called the former head of the miscarriage of justice watchdog “shameless” as she resigned from the job saying she had been “scapegoated for entirely legitimate decisions” taken over his case.

Helen Pitcher handed in her resignation as chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) on Tuesday afternoon after learning that an independent panel had concluded by a majority of two to one that she was no longer fit to be chair.

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