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Sian Harrison

Man who spent years in jail for rape he did not commit cleared by appeal court

PA Wire

Andrew Malkinson, who served 17 years behind bars for a rape he did not commit, has been cleared by the Court of Appeal.

The 57-year-old was found guilty of raping a woman in Greater Manchester in 2003 and the following year he was jailed for life with a minimum term of seven years.

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