Wrongly jailed Malkinson tells BBC: 'I've been cheated, very badly cheated'

Wrongly jailed Malkinson tells BBC: 'I've been cheated, very badly cheated'Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGeorge SandemanPete MilsonFor 20 years, Andrew Malkinson was blamed for a rape he did not commit Andrew Malkinson has told the BBC he felt relief but also anger after the man responsible for the rape he was wrongly jailed for was finally convicted.For 20 years, Malkinson was blamed for a brutal 2003 attack in Greater Manchester, serving more than 17 years in prison in what would become one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history.In his first broadcast interview since Paul Quinn was convicted of rape last month, Malkinson said: "I've been cheated, very badly cheated."He told the BBC's Shadow World: Stolen Years podcast he was thankful authorities had "finally got the real perpetrator" and that he was equally relieved for the victim."I did think, 'I wonder how she's feeling now?'" He said it had been a quarter of a century of suffering for both of them.On the day 52-year-old Quinn was found guilty of rape, strangulation and grievous bodily harm, Malkinson was in Italy visiting ancient ruins in Rome."Anger came bubbling up as well because I've been the one that took the full blast of the blame for it for so long," he said.He said he had done "somebody else's punishment" despite the absence of DNA evidence linking him to the crime.Malkinson, now 60, always protested his innocence but was convicted after he was picked out at a police identity parade.After many failed attempts to challenge his conviction, it was eventually quashed in 2023 after the Crown Prosecution Service accepted that DNA recovered from the victim's clothing had to have come from the true attacker - now known to be Quinn.The Court of Appeal also found that other evidence that could have helped Malkinson's defence was not disclosed.Malkinson's battle for just...