Criminal review body missed chance to clear Andrew Malkinson in 2013

Andrew Malkinson, who served 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London after being cleared by the Court of Appeal. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

The organisation responsible for investigating miscarriages of justice missed a major opportunity to reconsider Andrew Malkinson’s case, internal documents suggest.

Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, is today calling for the chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), Helen Pitcher, to be sacked and to return her OBE after the latest revelations in his case.