Watchdog probes Malkinson investigation complaint

A POLICE watchdog is carrying out a review of how GMP handled a complaint about its investigation into the Andrew Malkinson case.

- NEAL KEELING

 

The 57-year-old spent 17 years in jail after being convicted of a brutal rape but this week his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal judges.

Mr Malkinson was 37 when he was found guilty on February 10, 2004, by a 10-2 majority of carrying out a violent sex attack on a mum-of-two by the M61 motorway in Little Hulton, Salford.

He was jailed for life with a minimum term of seven years but remained in prison for a further decade because he maintained his innocence.

At the time of his trial there was no DNA evidence linking Mr Malkinson to the crime. He was convicted solely on identification evidence. The 33-yearold victim told Manchester Crown Court she was '100 per cent' certain he was her attacker after picking him out on an ID parade.