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MoJ to pay Andrew Malkinson ‘significant’ sum over wrongful rape conviction

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MoJ to pay Andrew Malkinson ‘significant’ sum over wrongful rape conviction

MoJ to pay Andrew Malkinson ‘significant’ sum over wrongful rape conviction

Source: The Guardian

Published: Feb, 12 2025 13:54

Exclusive: Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison, says he plans to use interim payment to visit family in Australia. Andrew Malkinson is to be given a payout by the Ministry of Justice, more than a year and a half after the court of appeal declared his innocence. Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison for a rape in Greater Manchester that he did not commit, was cleared in July 2023. Since then he has been struggling on benefits.

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