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Malkinson inquiry announced

29 August 2023
Issue: 8038 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal
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The role of Greater Manchester Police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Criminal Cases Review Commission in the conviction and subsequent appeals of Andrew Malkinson are to be the subject of an independent inquiry. 

Malkinson, a victim of a miscarriage of justice, had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal in July. The Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk and Attorney General Victoria Prentis ordered the independent inquiry, which is non-statutory, last week.

Prentis said: ‘An independent inquiry cannot give Andrew Malkinson 17 years of freedom back. It can provide the accountability he is owed.’

Issue: 8038 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal
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