Man found guilty of rape that led to Andrew Malkinson’s wrongful imprisonment

Paul Quinn convicted in light of DNA evidence from 2003 attack that led to notorious miscarriage of justice The rape case that became one of Britain’s greatest miscarriages of justice A man who evaded justice for more than two decades has been found guilty of the “horrific” 2003 rape for which Andrew Malkinson was wrongfully jailed for 17 years. Paul Quinn, 52, was convicted by a jury on Friday after a fresh forensic analysis found traces of his DNA on the victim. The father-of-six sat with his head bowed as he was convicted of two counts of rape, attempted strangulation and grievous bodily harm. He will be sentenced on 5 June. It can now be revealed that Quinn is being investigated as a potential suspect in other serious sexual assaults, including three rapes that took place while he was at large. Greater Manchester police are facing questions about why he was not investigated at the time of the 2003 rape despite being a convicted sex offender who lived near the scene of the attack. Instead, detectives focused on Malkinson, who was jailed in 2004 and went on to spend 17 years in prison while protesting his innocence. His conviction was eventually quashed in 2023, becoming on