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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucas Cumiskey

Calls for public inquiry after wrongfully convicted man spends 17 years in jail

PA Wire

A former solicitor general has called for a public inquiry into the case of a man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape that he did not commit.

Andrew Malkinson had his conviction for the 2003 attack in Greater Manchester quashed last month after DNA potentially linking another man to the crime was identified.

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