Overview
- Paul Quinn, 52, was found guilty Friday at Manchester Crown Court of two rapes, grievous bodily harm and attempting to strangle the victim, with sentencing set for June 5.
- A DNA profile from saliva on the victim’s vest excluded Andrew Malkinson in 2007, Quinn’s DNA was added to the national database in 2012, and a billion-to-one match in 2022 led to his arrest.
- The original prosecution relied on eyewitness identification even as the victim voiced doubts that police dismissed as “trial nerves,” and no DNA linked Malkinson to the crime.
- A public inquiry is underway into investigative failures, the IOPC is examining five former and one serving Greater Manchester Police officer, and the CCRC’s chair and chief executive resigned after criticism of missed chances.
- Detectives are checking possible links between Quinn and other unsolved stranger rapes, while legal advocates urge routine re-searches of DNA databases and stronger jury warnings about eyewitness evidence to avert future wrongful convictions.