Greater Manchester police failings denied man fair trial, court told

Appeal court hears ‘grave and repeated’ disclosure failures led to Andrew Malkinson, 57, spending 17 years in prison for rape

A man who spent 17 years in prison for rape was denied a fair trial because of “grave and repeated” disclosure failings by Greater Manchester police, the court of appeal has heard.

There was never any DNA linking Andrew Malkinson to a 2003 stranger rape in Greater Manchester, so his conviction was reliant wholly on witness testimony. Malkinson, 57, always maintained his innocence, more than doubling his time in prison as a result.

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