As Counsel for Mr Malkinson said at the Court of Appeal, this is not just a historic case but a historic injustice
By Leila Taleb, Barrister, Park Square Barristers
‘I came to the police in 2003 and told them I was innocent. They didn’t believe me.’
‘I came to the Crown Court in 2004 and told them I was innocent. They didn’t believe me.’
‘I came to this appeal Court in 2006 and told them I was innocent. They didn’t believe me.’
‘I applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. I told them I was innocent. They didn’t investigate and didn’t believe me. Not once, but twice.’
‘Today, we told this (appeal) Court that I was innocent and finally they listened.’
These are the words of Andrew Malkinson, a man wrongly convicted of rape, who has now had his conviction quashed. He is a man ...
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