Andrew Malkinson has challenged the Justice Secretary to change the 'vindictive' rules after being left with a bill of up to £10,000 in his fight for compensation after spending years in jail for a crime he didn't commit10:53, 19 May 2026Updated 11:25, 19 May 2026A victim of one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice will lose thousands of pounds in compensation because he has to pay for his own damages assessment.‌Andrew Malkinson criticised the system, describing it as "vindictive" and "penny-pinching", after he was left with a bill of up to £10,000.‌Mr Malkinson, who was jailed for 17 years for a rape he didn't commit, told the BBC on Tuesday: "I have to pay for my own damages assesment and legal fees. I don't know what the justification is, it doesn't make any sense at all. They're trying to claw back as much as possible, they are penny-pinching."‌Mr Malinkson called on the Secretary of State for Justice to address the issue. He said: "I think this is something that David Lammy could fix with the stroke of pen tomorrow easily and I'd like to ask him, does he think this is fair?READ MORE: Iraqi militia chief charged with antisemitic terror attacks in UK boasted that 'this war will not end'READ MORE: Dad of murdered teen Kiyan Prince wants to meet son's killer to help him start a new life"I was lucky enough to cross the threshold to be awarded compensation. I think 93% of those who have served wrongly in prison, they don't get any compensation at all. It's really wrong, it feels vindictive.‌"Why doesn't the state, the perpetrator of the injustice, pay the experts and the legal fees because they did the damage, not me?"After many failed attempts to challenge his conviction, it was eventually quashed in 2023 after the Crown Prosecution Service accepted that DNA recovered from the victim's clothing had to have come from the true attacker - now known to be Paul Quinn.Quinn, from Exeter, Devon, was found guilty of two counts of rape, GBH and strangulation at Manchester crown court. He will be sentenced on June 5.‌Mr Malkinson told the BBC's Shadow World: Stolen Years podcast he was thankful authorities had "finally got the real perpetrator" and that he was relieved for the victim. He said: "I did think, 'I wonder how she's feeling now?'"Malkinson, now 60, always protested his innocence but was convicted after he was picked out at a police identity parade.‌Quinn stalked then raped the 33-year-old mum-of-two after dragging her down an embankment near the side of the M61 motorway in Little Hulton, Greater Manchester, before choking her and knocking her out.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 is now facing questions about why he was not investigated at the time despite being a convicted sex offender who lived near the scene of the attack.Instead, detectives focused on Mr Malkinson, who was jailed in 2004 and released in 2020 but only cleared in 2023.‌A jury was told that Quinn's DNA was identified on samples of the victim's clothing in October 2022 after a fresh forensic review. Police and prosecutors knew as long ago as 2007 that an unidentified man's DNA was found on the victim but decided not to carry out further tests at the time.The organisation responsible for investigating potential miscarriages of justice, the Criminal Cases Review Commission, also declined to order further forensic work. And it refused twice to refer Mr Malkinson's case to the Court of Appeal.A probe by the Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating five former GMP officers on suspicion of gross misconduct, including one who is under criminal investigation.Article continues belowA sixth officer, who is still serving on the force, is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct.A judge-led inquiry will examine why Mr Malkinson was wrongfully convicted.