Case review chief was in Montenegro during Andrew Malkinson revelations

Exclusive: Helen Pitcher leads the commission that twice failed to refer Malkinson back to the court of appeal

Ever since Andrew Malkinson was exonerated last month, the clamour for answers from the miscarriages of justice watchdog who twice failed to refer his case for appeal has grown.

Yet Helen Pitcher, the chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), has been notably silent in answering questions about the chances it missed to end the 17 years Malkinson spent in prison for a rape he did not commit.