 A man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a rape he did not commit has called an apology by the police force which led the original investigation 'absolutely meaningless'. Andrew Malkinson, 57, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of seven years after he was found guilty of the attack on a woman in Greater Manchester in 2003. He then remained behind bars for a further 10 years on top of that tariff because he maintained his innocence. His conviction was quashed by senior judges at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday after DNA evidence linking another man to the crime came to light. Greater Manchester Police issued an apology following the ruling. Assistant Chief Constable Sarah Jackson said: 'We are truly sorry to Mr Malkinson that he is the victim of such a grave miscarriage of justice in being convicted of a crime he did not commit and serving a 17-year custodial sentence. 'Whilst we hope this outcome gives him a long overdue sense of justice, we acknowledge that it does not return the years he has lost. I have offered to meet with him to personally deliver this apology.' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video However Mr Malkinson told the BBC's Newsnight programme: 'The Greater Manchester Police apology… it's meaningless to me, absolutely meaningless. 'An apology without accountability, what is that? It's nothing, it's nothing, it means nothing.' He also hit out at the Criminal Cases Review Commission, which investigates miscarriages of justice in England, which only examined his case after having evidence handed to them 'on a platter'. Mr Malkinson tried to get the watchdog to investigate twice previously but his bid was turned down. He told the programme: 'Basically they refused two previous applications, this third application finally, I believe they only accepted because it was handed to the){kind=link}
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A man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a rape he did not commit has called an apology by the police force which led the original investigation ‘absolutely meaningless’.
Andrew Malkinson, 57, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of seven years after he was found guilty of the attack on a woman in Greater Manchester in 2003.
He then remained behind bars for a further 10 years on top of that tariff because he maintained his innocence.
His conviction was quashed by senior judges at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday after DNA evidence linking another man to the crime came to light.