Wrongfully Convicted Man Exonerated After 17 Years

0:00On April 17, in 2003, a woman walking home in Solford faced a brutal attack. She was strangled, beaten, and raped near a motorway. Bridge. Andy Malkinson got wrongly convicted based on shaky eyewitness IDs, spending 17 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. Now, after two decades, Paul Quinn, 52, just got nailed in court for the rape, strangulation, and serious injuries. Detective zeroed in on Malkinson early on, ignoring better leads, even as DNA from the victim's clothes didn't match him back in 2007. It took private investigators pushing the case until 2022, when a national DNA database filing link Quinn, his profile was A, billion times more likely, from saliva on her vest and other spots. The victim relived the horror in court with real strength, while Malkinson's ordeal highlighted massive flaws in the justice system. Police are owning up now, apologizing to both him and her, admitting human errors snowballed into a huge failure.

1:02Communities around little Holton are still reeling from how close the real attacker lived. Quinn's pass as a convicted sex offender from 1991 put his DNA on file years later. His ex-wife even recalled him losing a shirt around the attack time, matching the description, and his web searches spiked on the case once new. Forensics hit the news. He even googled why he was sweating. Ongoing probes by watchdogs are digging into five ex-cops from his conduct, with one facing criminal charges ensuring this kind of mix-up doesn't. Repeat as the full story unfolds.