Andrew Malkinson: Wrongful conviction compensation represents ‘two decades of living hell’
Andrew Malkinson has said that his wrongful conviction compensation represents “two decades of living hell” after he spent 17 years in prison for a rape in Greater Manchester he did not commit.
The 57-year-old’s case sparked outrage about living costs covering their time in prison being docked from compensation payments.
The rule was scrapped with immediate effect on Sunday, 6 August, by Justice Secretary Alex Chalk KC.
Mr Malkinson said the payment under the miscarriage of justice compensation scheme, which is a maximum of £1m for more than 10 years’ imprisonment, represents “lost opportunities and lost love.”
The 57-year-old’s case sparked outrage about living costs covering their time in prison being docked from compensation payments.
The rule was scrapped with immediate effect on Sunday, 6 August, by Justice Secretary Alex Chalk KC.
Mr Malkinson said the payment under the miscarriage of justice compensation scheme, which is a maximum of £1m for more than 10 years’ imprisonment, represents “lost opportunities and lost love.”
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00:00 it sounds perhaps like to the average lay person like a lot of money,
00:03 but that represents nearly two decades of living hell, and it sounds perhaps like to the average
00:09 lay person like a lot of money, but that represents nearly two decades of living hell, and
00:16 lost opportunities, and lost love, and everything else that makes life precious is all just a big
00:23 void of unhappiness.