Live: Watch as man who escaped justice for 23 years is finally sentenced

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A sex offender who evaded justice for more than two decades will be sentenced for the rape of a woman in an attack that led to the wrongful conviction of another man who spent 17 years in prison.

Paul Quinn was found guilty of two counts of rape, one count of choking with intent and one count of grievous bodily harm after new DNA technology linked him to the crime.

The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was walking along Cleggs Lane in Little Hulton, near Salford, in the early hours of 19 July 2003 when she was dragged down an embankment and attacked by Quinn.

During the trial, the victim gave evidence and told the court her last memory before being strangled unconscious was a man on top of her with his hands around her neck.

After an e-fit based on a description of the attacker was produced by police, Andrew Malkinson was picked out of a digital identity parade by the victim and two other witnesses - despite no DNA evidence linking him to the crime.

Mr Malkinson served 17 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Now aged 60, he was only released in 2020 after 17 years in jail, with his conviction finally quashed by the Court of Appeal in 2023.

Quinn, of Exeter, Devon, and formerly of Little Hulton, Salford, always denied any involvement in the brutal attack and was never linked to the crime until 2022 when new evidence emerged.

Following a six-week trial at Manchester Crown Court, Quinn was convicted of two counts of rape.

He was also convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and attempting to choke or strangle his victim to render her unconscious while he carried out the attack.

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