Rape, DNA and injustice: a timeline of the Andrew Malkinson case

After spending 17 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, the 57-year-old's conviction was finally overturned last month

• Police and CPS had key DNA evidence 16 years before Andrew Malkinson cleared of rape

A 33-year-old woman is raped and left for dead on a motorway embankment in Salford as she walks home. She recalls causing a deep scratch" to her attacker's face. Andrew Malkinson is visited by police officers the next day who see he has no scratch. He is arrested two weeks later and then picked out of a video lineup.