Paul Quinn, 52, has been found guilty of a 2003 rape near Manchester for which Andrew Malkinson was wrongfully convicted and spent 17 years behind bars. Malkinson's conviction was overturned after improved DNA analysis identified Quinn — a registered sex offender whose DNA was already held in a criminal database — as the true perpetrator, despite evidence pointing to a different suspect having emerged as early as 2007. Greater Manchester Police has issued a formal apology, acknowledging serious failures by both the force and the wider justice system; Quinn's sentence is expected to be announced in early June.