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.