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Malkinson wrongly spent 17 years in prison for a rape he didn t commit. the inquiry will investigate the role of greater manchester police, the crown prosecution service and the crown prosecution service and the criminal cases review commission in his conviction and subsequent appeals. this was mr alex chalk speaking a little earlier. andrew malkinson suffered an appalling miscarriage of justice, as indeed, by the way, did the victim of this dreadful crime. that is why i have ordered an independent inquiry that will look at the actions of the police, the cps and the ccrc to get to the bottom of what went wrong and, crucially, why it took so long for the truth to come out. so, andy malkinson, who has conducted himself with extraordinary dignity in the circumstances, he deserves answers and this inquiry will deliver them. lets talk now to our legal correspondent, dominic casciani. dominic, remind us of the context to this casethis case goes back to 2003. it this casethis case goes back t ....
2003. it has been 20 years andrew malkinson has 2003. it has been 20 years andrew malkinson has been 2003. it has been 20 years andrew malkinson has been fighting - 2003. it has been 20 years andrew malkinson has been fighting to i 2003. it has been 20 years andrew| malkinson has been fighting to clear his name because back then in greater manchester he was arrested and convicted the following year of and convicted the following year of a rape he did not commit. he pleaded his innocence all along and ended up spending 17 years injail. and it was only a month ago, effectively almost a month to today that he was cleared by the court of appeal stop in particular, in relation to dna evidence identifying what appears to be the real attacker on the victim s clothing. there was never any forensic evidence, any dna to link mr malkinson to the scene of the crime ought to the victim, but there is this dna profile of another man, which has been known about since 2007, although his identity wa ....