Lord Garnier calls miscarriage of justice ‘jaw-dropping’ after Guardian revealed police had key DNA evidence 16 years ago

A former solicitor general has called for a public inquiry into the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson after the Guardian revealed that the police had key DNA evidence 16 years before he was cleared of rape.

Lord Garnier KC, who was David Cameron’s first solicitor general, described the miscarriage of justice in Malkinson’s case as “jaw-dropping”. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said a public inquiry was needed to establish what went wrong.

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