UK - Appeal court hears disclosure failures led to Andrew Malkinson, 57, spending 17 years in prison for rape

[RichardKimble]

A case currently being heard in the appeal court is raising questions over the GMP ( Greater Manchester Police) and evidence from a long term heroin addict ,his past was not disclosed at the original trial also DNA could be key.

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

www.theguardian.com

 

[RichardKimble]

His conviction was squahed.

Andrew Malkinson's rape conviction quashed after 20-year fight

Andrew Malkinson, who served 17 years in prison, says he feels he had been "kidnapped by the state".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[musicaljoke]

It's a most grievous thing to be found guilty of a crime you never committed.

 

[dotr]

Man could be cleared of historic murder in miscarriage of justice scandal review

The Criminal Cases Review Commission probe the case of Ray Gilbert, then 22, who was convicted at his third re-trial of stabbing bookie John Suffield 19 times at a Coral betting shop in Liverpool

www.mirror.co.uk

22 Mar 2025
''A review launched in the wake of the Andrew Malkinson miscarriage of justice scandal could clear a man jailed for a 1981 murder.

Ray Gilbert, then 22, was convicted at his third re-trial of stabbing bookie John Suffield 19 times at a Coral betting shop in Liverpool. John, 23, was opening up for the day on the morning of Friday, March 13, when he was ambushed and attacked in what appeared to have been a botched robbery. The raiders escaped with £176. Within three days, Merseyside Police had arrested local petty thief Gilbert. He was interrogated by detectives for 48 hours without a solicitor present. During that time he changed his statement several times.''