Quashing of Andrew Malkinson’s rape conviction confirms failings of criminal review watchdog

Critics say underfunded CCRC only investigated 17-year-long miscarriage of justice when handed evidence on a platter'

The quashing of Andrew Malkinson's rape conviction after 17 years in jail has thrown a spotlight on to failures by the miscarriages of justice watchdog to take up his case earlier.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) declined to grant Malkinson a new appeal hearing in 2012 and again in 2020, although it considered different evidence than in its third review.