Appeal court overturns Manchester rape conviction of man who spent 17 years in jail

Andrew Malkinson reads a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice after his conviction was quashed. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian

A man who spent 17 years in prison for rape has had his conviction overturned by the court of appeal.

Andrew Malkinson was convicted in 2004 of raping a 33-year-old woman who was left for dead on a motorway embankment in Salford, Greater Manchester.