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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Emily Dugan

CEO of watchdog accused of attempt to ‘sanitise’ review of Andrew Malkinson case

Karen Kneller
Karen Kneller, chief executive of CCRC. Sources claim she was behind a request to add ‘misleading’ introductory lines to the independent review. Photograph: Shelter

The chief executive of the miscarriage of justice watchdog has been accused of attempting to “sanitise” an independent review into her organisation’s handling of the Andrew Malkinson case.

A review by Chris Henley KC found the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) missed multiple opportunities to help Malkinson, who spent 17 years in jail for a 2003 stranger rape he did not commit.

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