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United Kingdom·Human Rights

Paul Quinn convicted of 2003 rape that sent innocent Andrew Malkinson to prison for 17 years

Friday, 17 April 2026, 16:03 · 1 min read

Paul Quinn, 52, has been found guilty of the rape and violent assault of a woman in Salford, Greater Manchester (a city in northwest England), a crime for which Andrew Malkinson was wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years. A jury at Manchester Crown Court convicted Quinn on two counts of rape, attempted strangulation, and grievous bodily harm after fresh DNA analysis matched samples from the victim's clothing to Quinn — more than two decades after the attack. The verdict deepens scrutiny of Greater Manchester Police, which failed to investigate Quinn at the time despite his prior convictions for child rape, and now faces a public inquiry and a police watchdog investigation into misconduct, evidence destruction, and the handling of witnesses in the original trial that wrongly convicted Malkinson in 2004.

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The GuardianMan found guilty of rape that led to Andrew Malkinson’s wrongful imprisonment ↗︎The GuardianThe rape case that became one of Britain’s greatest miscarriages of justice ↗︎
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