and in court some witnesses who had criminal records not disclosed at the time suggested they had seen him close to the crime scene. he was sentenced to life he served 17 years, only getting out on licence in 2020. and now following huge work from his legal team andy malkinson s conviction for rape has been quashed. he s been speaking tojustin webb on bbc radio 4 s today programme obviously, there s been a hell of a lot to process. obviously, there s a lot to process. obviously, there s a lot of joy and lot to process. obviously, there s a lot ofjoy and the result. it s the result i ve waited for for 20 years and. yeah. it s. result i ve waited for for 20 years and. yeah. it s. . . result i ve waited for for 20 years and. yeah. it s. .. and. yeah. it s. what s the mix of o and. yeah. it s. what s the mix ofjoy and and. yeah. it s. what s the mix ofjoy and anger? and. yeah. it s. what s the mix of joy and anger? what and. yeah. it s. what s the mix of joy and anger?
you know, joy at. joy at finally telling the world the truth, and all the obfuscation s been stripped away now, but anger at the fact that i was even tried for this, arrested. take us back to that arrest, to the day it happened and the police turned up. what did they say to you? what did you say to them? i was very shocked. i thought, how am i a suspect? this is incredible. you know, i m a very placid. i say so myself, i m a pacifist. i m the opposite of violent. i hate violence, and to have someone looking at you and seriously contemplating that you ve committed such an act is horrific. and there was no forensic evidence so you said to them, didn t you? ok, let s have an identity parade. of course. and you must have gone into that parade thinking, well, this will be the end of it. yeah, if course. i thought, this is ghastly, this is terrible. surely the identity parade will fix this. but then was identified by the victim and the world opened up underneath me. and the trial