Andrew Malkinson calls miscarriage of justice watchdog’s ex-head ‘shameless’

Helen Pitcher resigned from the CCRC saying she had been scapegoated' over Malkinson's case

Andrew Malkinson has called the former head of the miscarriage of justice watchdog shameless" as she resigned from the job saying she had been scapegoated for entirely legitimate decisions" taken over his case.

Helen Pitcher handed in her resignation as chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) on Tuesday afternoon after learning that an independent panel had concluded by a majority of two to one that she was no longer fit to be chair.