Dozens of jailed people may get new DNA testing after Andrew Malkinson exoneration

CCRC to retest rape and murder cases from before 2016 where DNA was a factor in identification

Scores of people who maintain they were wrongly convicted of rape and murder will have fresh DNA testing conducted in their cases after Andrew Malkinson’s exoneration.

The announcement by the miscarriage of justice body for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), comes ahead of the publication of a major review of its handling of Malkinson’s case. The review, led by Chris Henley KC, is expected to be published in the coming weeks and is likely to be critical of the body.