PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "A police watchdog is looking at several allegations relating to the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) investigation that led to Malkinson spending 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit/ The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is looking at whether witnesses were offered any incentive to provide evidence, failures to disclose information that may have helped the defence at trial and concerns over the handling and disposal of items of evidence. ‘Mr Malkinson is a victim of one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history,’ said IOPC regional director Catherine Bates. ‘We continue to work hard to ensure his complaints are thoroughly and independently investigated. "
QUOTE OF THE DAY; "‘Twenty years on from Mr Malkinson’s wrongful conviction no police officers have yet faced any sanction for their role in the miscarriage of justice that he suffered, Greater Manchester Police are yet to admit their responsibility for what happened, and he is yet to receive any compensation,’ commented Toby Wilton of Hickman & Rose who is represented Malkinson in relation to the police complaint. ‘This announcement that four officers involved will now face a misconduct investigation, and one will now face criminal investigation, is an important first step, but it is vital that all those responsible at Greater Manchester Police, as well as the wider force, are held to account.’"
POST: "Four retired police officers under investigation for the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson," by Jon Robins, published by 'The Justice Gap' on October 4, 2024. (Jon Robins is editor of The Justice Gap. He is a criminology lecturer at Brighton University and a freelance journalist.)
GIST: "Four retired police officers are under investigation for gross misconduct for their involvement in the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson.
A police watchdog is looking at several allegations relating to the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) investigation that led to Malkinson spending 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct is looking at whether witnesses were offered any incentive to provide evidence, failures to disclose information that may have helped the defence at trial and concerns over the handling and disposal of items of evidence.
‘Mr Malkinson is a victim of one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history,’ said IOPC regional director Catherine Bates. ‘We continue to work hard to ensure his complaints are thoroughly and independently investigated.
Following a detailed review of evidence spanning a period of more than 20 years, we have now informed four retired GMP officers that they are under investigation for potential gross misconduct.
One officer has also been informed they are under criminal investigation for ‘potential misconduct in public office and perverting the course of justice’ in relation to their actions during the police investigation and trial.
‘Twenty years on from Mr Malkinson’s wrongful conviction no police officers have yet faced any sanction for their role in the miscarriage of justice that he suffered, Greater Manchester Police are yet to admit their responsibility for what happened, and he is yet to receive any compensation,’ commented Toby Wilton of Hickman & Rose who is represented Malkinson in relation to the police complaint.
‘This announcement that four officers involved will now face a misconduct investigation, and one will now face criminal investigation, is an important first step, but it is vital that all those responsible at Greater Manchester Police, as well as the wider force, are held to account.’
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.
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FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."
Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
