Greater Manchester police failings denied man fair trial, court told

Appeal court hears 'grave and repeated' disclosure failures led to Andrew Malkinson, 57, spending 17 years in prison for rape A man who spent 17 years in prison for rape was denied a fair trial because of "grave and repeated" disclosure failings by Greater Manchester police, the court of appeal has heard. There was never any DNA linking Andrew Malkinson to a 2003 stranger rape in Greater Manchester, so his conviction was reliant wholly on witness testimony. Malkinson, 57, always maintained his i...