New DNA Evidence Exposes Rape Case Miscarriage

0:00On March 10, a Manchester court is hearing the case of a brutal rape from July 19, 2003, in Little Holton, Solford. Andrew Malkinson was wrongly convicted back then after three witnesses picked him out. Now Paul Quinn faces charges for the same attack, linked by fresh DNA evidence years later. Witness Michael Seward, who has since passed away, gave key testimony at Malkinson's 2004 trial. He described driving past a suspicious man near the victim on Clegg's lane shortly before the assault and confidently identified Malkinson from A, digital lineup. That identification, along with picks from the victim and Seward's partner Beverly Craig, sealed Malkinson's fate. The prosecutor in Quinn's trial called it tough to accept that all three got it wrong, highlighting the massive fallout from the original mistake. Quinn advances finally cracked the case open. DNA from the victim matched Quinn's profile, one billion times more likely to be his than

1:01anyone else's. Quinn was 29 at the time and lived nearby before moving to Devon. Quinn, now 51, denies two counts of rape, grievous bodily harm, and trying to choke the victim. As his trial presses on, it sheds new light on how justice went so far off track.