Justice watchdog ‘misled parliament' over Andrew Malkinson case
The head of the miscarriages of justice watchdog is being investigated by MPs over allegations she misled parliament.
Karen Kneller, the chief executive of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), is accused of giving 'thoroughly inaccurate' evidence to the justice select committee about the organisation's handling of the Andrew Malkinson case.
MPs were sent evidence this week undermining her testimony and detailing the CCRC's attempts to limit the damage of an independent review into its handling of the case. Malkinson was imprisoned for 17 years for a rape he did not commit. Chris Henley KC, the author of the review, wrote to MPs saying Kneller's evidence had been incorrect.
'Karen Kneller misled parliament,' Henley told The Sunday Times. 'Her answers to the select committee were
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