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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Emily Dugan

Greater Manchester police won’t oppose appeal of man jailed for 17 years for rape

No DNA linked Andrew Malkinson to the crime.
No DNA linked Andrew Malkinson to the crime. Photograph: Sian Harrison/PA

Greater Manchester police will not oppose the appeal of a man who spent 17 years in prison for rape when no DNA linked him to the crime, the Guardian has learned.

Andrew Malkinson was convicted in 2004 of the rape of a 33-year-old woman who was left for dead on a motorway embankment in Salford. He always insisted he was innocent, extending his prison time by a decade as a result.

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