He did not commit. A man who was wrongly imprisoned for rape has welcomed a government decision to scrap rules which meant people who had been cleared by the courts could be charged for living costs incurred injail. Andrew malkinson told the bbc the change was a step in the right direction, but said more needed to be done to support people who were wrongly convicted. Hes been talking to our reporterjoe inwood. He started by telling him how he felt when he was first told he had to pay for his living costs whilst in prison out of his compensation. It seems like a sickjoke. I thought what is the justification for paying the Prison Service because they dont treat you well in prison, they really dont. You should lose your liberty, you shouldnt be tortured by them. I thought, to pay these people for doing what they are doing to me is the most sickening, horrifying, repugnant thing i could imagine. When you were speaking and made this point and express yourself so eloquently that there was a
Let s take a look at today s papers. putin s revenge headlines the daily mirror. the paper reports it is thought the russian president put the wagner boss on a kill list weeks ago. it adds that locals say they heard two bangs before the crash. the metro reports on the story that india has become the first country to land in the lunar south pole region. the paper writes the nation is only the fourth to land successfully on the moon. nigel farage says it is a sickjoke that the ex natwest boss who quit over his account will get a payout package of £11 million, acccording to the daily telegraph. former ceo alison rose, who stepped down injuly, will be paid as she sees out a 12 month notice period. and one of the most read articles on the bbc website is louis theroux s comments on tv bosses playing it safe .
He did not commit. a man who was wrongly imprisoned for rape has welcomed a government decision to scrap rules which meant people who had been cleared by the courts could be charged for living costs incurred injail. andrew malkinson told the bbc the change was a step in the right direction , but said more needed to be done to support people who were wrongly convicted. he s been talking to our reporterjoe inwood. he started by telling him how he felt when he was first told he had to pay for his living costs whilst in prison out of his compensation. it seems like a sickjoke. i thought what is the justification for paying the prison service because they don t treat you well in prison, they really don t. you should lose your
Because of the size of it. just being down the drain, i thought someone was pulling a sickjoke after what had happened. but then once we lifted it out, i felt the weight of the gun and, in fact, realised it was real. the gun that killed alistair was found half a mile from the wilson family home. it wasn t a weapon you d expect to be used in a murder. it s a haenel suhl model one pocket pistol, built in the 1920s or 1930s in the czech republic. as you ll see from it and the size of my hands, when i put my hand around the grip, i can only get one fingeraround the grip of the pistol. it s extremely small. ten days in and finding the gun the first time is just, thought that was amazing, that was it, this is it. it would be solved. but no dna was found on the gun
I thought it was a toy, because of the size of it. just being down the drain, i thought someone was pulling a sickjoke after what had happened. but then once we lifted it out, i felt the weight of the gun and, in fact, realised it was real. the gun that killed alistair was found half a mile from the wilson family home. it wasn t a weapon you d expect to be used in a murder. it s a haenel suhl model one pocket pistol, built in the 1920s or 1930s in the czech republic. as you ll see from it and the size of my hands, when i put my hand around the grip, i can only get one finger around the grip of the pistol. it s extremely small. ten days in and finding the gun the first time is just, thought that was amazing, that was it, this is it. it would be solved. but no dna was found on the gun