The man jailed for 17 years for a crime he didn’t commit
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Andrew Malkinson was convicted of rape in 2003 and it took nearly two decades for this miscarriage of justice to be corrected. But it could have happened much earlier, were it not for the police repeatedly bungling the case, or perhaps worse. Andrew joins Jon and Lewis for an extended conversation about his time in jail, what the police did wrong and what it tells us about the justice system itself.
A content warning - the episodes contains mentions of rape and suicide.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.2 | How do you think it would feel to be accused of a crime you didn't commit? |
| 0:16.9 | How do you think it would feel to be convicted for a crime that you didn't commit? How do you think it would feel to be convicted for a crime that you didn't commit? |
| 0:22.4 | How do you think it would feel to spend 17 years in prison for a crime you didn't commit? |
| 0:28.7 | That was the fate of Andrew Malkinson. |
| 0:31.4 | He could have served less time if he had admitted to something he hadn't done. |
| 0:36.8 | But he couldn't bring himself to do that. |
| 0:39.1 | So he spent an extra 10 years in prison. |
| 0:42.5 | All the while, the evidence that could have led to his prison sentence being overturned |
| 0:48.7 | lay in Greater Manchester Police headquarters undisturbed by incurious police officers, didn't bother to look into the case, |
| 0:58.5 | and nor did the body entrusted to do this, the Criminal Cases Review Commission. |
| 1:04.8 | But Andy Malkinson is now free, and he talks to us at length today. Welcome to the news agents. |
| 1:15.3 | The Newsagents. It's Lewis. It is John. And we are joined in the studio now by Andy Malkinson. |
| 1:23.7 | He was the man whose rape conviction was overturned and is getting used to the idea |
| 1:31.0 | of freedom, if not yet normality. And we'll come to that in a minute. And we're also joined by |
| 1:37.1 | James Burley. Now, he is the investigator from the charity appeal, which has played such a pivotal |
| 1:43.0 | role in unearthing new evidence that has led to the quashing of Andy's sentence. |
| 1:49.7 | I should also say, just in case you hear any odd rustling noises, we are joined by Basil as well, who is... |
| 1:56.6 | No Sybil. |
| 1:57.4 | No Sybil, but Basil, who is a black spaniel, who is sitting very quietly and calmly at the moment. |
| 2:04.6 | Andy, look, it's great to have you with us on the newsagents. |
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