[News] Andrew Malkinson case quashed.

[Leekbrookgull]

Its differcult to know where to start here without going into a rant ,but like The Post Office scandal those higher the level of command/investigation actually knew the guy was innocent. Just how do you sleep at night ?

 

[Chicken Run]

Link?

 

[lawros left foot]

And this case proves, beyond any doubt, why this country can never, ever re-instate capital punishment.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Link?

Andrew Malkinson's rape conviction quashed after 20-year fight

Andrew Malkinson, who served 17 years in prison, says he feels he had been "kidnapped by the state".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Chicken Run]

Andrew Malkinson's rape conviction quashed after 20-year fight

Andrew Malkinson, who served 17 years in prison, says he feels he had been "kidnapped by the state".

www.bbc.co.uk

Thank you, had never heard of him, I hope he gets suitably compensated!

 

[Weststander]

What an awful day for awful Greater Manchester Police.

Inhibiting a correct investigation here in 2003 when they could’ve charged the correct.

Sky revealing their abuse of young females in custody. Selective sections of cctv in police vans and cells conveniently going missing.

 

[Bodian]

No DNA evidence.
No id against him except from a criminal hoping to get a shorter sentence after being arrested and a heroin addict.
Not even looking anything like the photo-fit from the victim.
Hairy chest - victim described the attacker as non-hairy chest.
No scratch on his face, and evidence backing up victim's statement about scratching victim hidden from defence.
Clothing unlawfully destroyed by Police after being told to preserve it.

Astonishing.

 

[Bob!]

Thank you, had never heard of him, I hope he gets suitably compensated!

Is there 'suitable compensation' for being knowingly wrongly incarcerated for 17 years?

 

[Chicken Run]

Is there 'suitable compensation' for being knowingly wrongly incarcerated for 17 years?

Yes , apart from material compensation, if any of the Judges, Prosecutors and Police are still serving, they need to be fired, perhaps the **** in charge of the CPS at the time can fall on their sword too, and all should publicly apologise for f***ing up! I appreciate none of the above will Happen

 

[Poojah]

It’s an incredible story, one that I’d been aware of for a while, that unexpectedly hit a little closer to home today. My grandad’s surname was Malkinson, hence my mum’s maiden name. An unusual surname perhaps, but since the story seemed to have originated in Manchester, I assumed no more than a coincidence.

Only today did I realise he had been arrested in his home town of Grimsby; where I, my mum, my grandad and his parents all originate from. All of a sudden, far less likely for it to be a coincidence.

I text my mum to see if she knew of any connection; she wasn’t sure. Doing some digging around the family, it transpires that this man is in fact my grandfather’s, nephew’s son - or my grandad’s brother’s grandson, however you want to look at it. I think that makes him my “second cousin”, if I’ve done the maths right.

Such a tragic, harrowing story of injustice; a man who suffered even more for sticking by his own principles and, quite rightly, not owning up to an horrific crime that he had not committed, nor was associated with in any way whatsoever.

Probably shouldn’t, but it hit me even harder knowing there was a blood connection, albeit a thin one. The poor bloke. I intend to donate something to the charity APPEAL, who helped Andy with his fight for justice, as soon as I can work out how.

I hope he can live the rest of his life a little more at peace with the world.

 

[GT49er]

And this case proves, beyond any doubt, why this country can never, ever re-instate capital punishment.

Not in any way suggesting we should bring back the death penalty (please read and digest that disclaimer before pressing the rant button!), but this case doesn't prove anything of the kind. He was convicted of rape, not murder - he wouldn't have been sentenced to death anyway.

It's still a shocking miscarriage of justice though. e'll have earned every penny of compensation he gets (and it should be millions).

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Its differcult to know where to start here without going into a rant ,but like The Post Office scandal those higher the level of command/investigation actually knew the guy was innocent. Just how do you sleep at night ?

I heard him on the radio tonight. Who wouldn't sound angry after having 17 of the best years of your life stolen. I hope he gets pile of compo.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

And this case proves, beyond any doubt, why this country can never, ever re-instate capital punishment.

This.

 

[dazzer6666]

Lost what should have been some of the best years of his life…..it’s heartbreaking. Can only imagine how he feels. Shameful day for GMP.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Not in any way suggesting we should bring back the death penalty (please read and digest that disclaimer before pressing the rant button!), but this case doesn't prove anything of the kind. He was convicted of rape, not murder - he wouldn't have been sentenced to death anyway.

It's still a shocking miscarriage of justice though. e'll have earned every penny of compensation he gets (and it should be millions).

Well, it does though, because miscarriages of justice have to be correctable. They can't be when the poor bugger has been terminated.

 

[Eeyore]

Makes you wonder just how many folk before the age of scrutiny and DNA were screwed over in this way.

The Police in this country have been lawless for too long.

 

[Solid at the back]

Has the actual offender ever been caught?

 

[Weststander]

Has the actual offender ever been caught?

Known to all, he helped frame this guy, DNA proves it was him.

Now in GMP’s court on whether they can be bothered to press charges.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

What an awful story. And what strength it must have taken to survive 17 years in jail knowing you didn’t do it plus 10 of those years knowing admitting to the crime would have enabled you to walk out of jail.

 

[lawros left foot]

Not in any way suggesting we should bring back the death penalty (please read and digest that disclaimer before pressing the rant button!), but this case doesn't prove anything of the kind. He was convicted of rape, not murder - he wouldn't have been sentenced to death anyway.

It's still a shocking miscarriage of justice though. e'll have earned every penny of compensation he gets (and it should be millions).

The crime is to a certain extent, irrelevant.

The pertinent fact is he was stitched up by the police and prosecutors for a crime he didn’t commit. If they can do this, knowing full well the man was innocent, do you honestly believe that they wouldn’t do it to someone accused of a capital crime, even if the ultimate punishment is hanging?
If you do believe that the Police wouldn’t do this, you should research the Stefan Kiszko case, another example of Police corruption, that, had we still used capital punishment the accused would have hung.