Andrew Malkinson says miscarriage of justice watchdog should be ‘dissolved’
Andrew Malkinson says miscarriage of justice watchdog should be ‘dissolved’
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Exclusive: Man jailed for 17 years for rape he did not commit says CCRC is ‘infected with a culture of denial’. Andrew Malkinson has said the miscarriage of justice watchdog needs to be “completely dissolved” as it has become “infected with a culture of denial”.
![[Helen Pitcher, portrait photo: she is in her 60s with short blond hair and wears black-rimmed glasses, a black top, a bright yellow, red and black tartan jacket and gold necklace plus red lipstick ]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/730bb2c8fe78cb71bf14624472e52b294bd97712/0_63_1996_2937/master/1996.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Speaking to the Guardian after the resignation of the chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, Helen Pitcher, Malkinson said the organisation should be dismantled. An independent review last year found that the watchdog missed multiple opportunities to help Malkinson, who spent 17 years in jail for a 2003 stranger rape he did not commit. His conviction was overturned by the court of appeal in 2023.
![[Andrew Malkinson: he sits on a brick wall in a green space with trees and a block of flats behind him]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7e0199a35b2fa96ae0fcf69b235aa4192830cf74/0_1200_8000_4800/master/8000.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Malkinson said of the CCRC’s leadership: “They need to all go. Pitcher was right, it’s not just her, it’s the entire culture. They’ve become infected with a culture of denial.”. He has still received no state compensation, despite applying for an interim payment. “I’m living on universal credit benefits … They’re not telling us anything and making us wait and it’s really, really difficult,” he said.
“I’m struggling with bills. I’ve got the heating on all the time because I can’t bear to be freezing cold and racking up big bills and it’s a bit silly. I’m claiming from the Department of Work and Pensions, a branch of the government, while another branch owes me upwards of a million pounds. What’s going on?”.
