How could an innocent man spend 17 years in prison?
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I think there should be an investigation to determine whether crimes were committed. And I think this is a case which calls for an independent inquiry into what happened with the greater Manchester police. We need to examine why it was the Criminal Cases Review Commission declined twice to take this case on, particularly if they declined some years after this man would have been released had he not continued to deny the crime. He told my colleague Justin Webb on Radio 4 that even if compensation were forthcoming and he thinks there's no guarantee of that, he would have to pay back board and lodging to the prison service. It cannot be right, can it?
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