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
anything about that. i was speaking to the chair of thejustice select committee, oversees thejustice department for parliament and he said the whole thing feels like it needs reforms because, actually, for people who have been wrongfully convicted together this torturous process of trying to prove their innocence again does feel very unfair. greater manchester police, those are the ones involved in his conviction in the first place, there has been strong criticism of suppressing evidence, not telling the jury the full picture, he says they basically conducted misconduct. they have not said anything. they have previously apologised for what has happened but they have refused to ever do any interviews to fully answer questions about any of this. thank you very much for taking us through that. the former lost prophets singer and convicted paedophile, ian watkins, has reportedly been stabbed in prison. newspaper reports say he was attacked at hmp wakefield, where he s serving a 29 year s