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Andrew Malkinson says he was asleep on a friend’s couch on the night he was supposed to have raped and assaulted a woman in Manchester. He continued to protest his innocence through the court case and after he was imprisoned – even when it resulted in a longer prison sentence.
Senior reporter Emily Dugan tells Hannah Moore how supporters say he did not match the victim’s description of her attacker in important respects, that there was no DNA evidence, and that witness testimony against him was flawed.
Now released from prison, he has continued to fight to get his conviction overturned and clear his name with the help of the charity Appeal. And new DNA evidence has come to light. What will it mean for him – and what does his case say about our criminal justice system?
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