get rid of the i decision-makers at the ccrc, get a decision—makers at the ccrc, get a whole new buncht is not sycophantic to the appeal courtjudges. you know? because i think that is what is going on as well. they are too afraid, too timid and fearful of upsetting high courtjudges. and they shouldn't be. they should be absolutely fearless. aha, they shouldn't be. they should be absolutely fearless.— they shouldn't be. they should be absolutely fearless. a wider review into alleged _ absolutely fearless. a wider review into alleged failings _ absolutely fearless. a wider review into alleged failings by _ absolutely fearless. a wider review into alleged failings by greater - into alleged failings by greater manchester police is still under way. today, andy malkinson begins his fight for compensation, but that could take years. a significant report, what is the reaction to it been?— reaction to it been? well, this re ort is reaction to it been? well, this report is absolutely _ reaction to it been? well, this report is absolutely huge, - reaction to it been? well, this - report is absolu

and ccrc knew. but they did nothing.e and specifically by the miscarriages body. there was a complete failure to understand the evidence at the time of the first application, and the significance of the new dna evidence was completely missed. the second application, the approach to that was too rigid. even at the time of the third application, when everything had been made clear, the heavy lifting had been done by the charity representing mr malkinson. in a statement, the chair apologised to mr malkinson, but he says it's too little, too late. get rid of the decision—makers at the ccrc, get a whole new bunch and retrain them in a way that is not sycophantic to the appeal courtjudges. you know? because i think that is what is going on as well. they are too afraid, too timid and fearful of upsetting high courtjudges. and they shouldn't be. they should be absolutely fearless. a wider review into alleged failings by greater manchester police is still under way. today, andy malkinson begins his fight for compensation, but tha

what is your message to the ccrc�*s chair, helen pitcher?rong leadership is there. they need to be removed. and it needs reforming. it's tiring, and it's exhausting, and it's annoying. you know, there are unnecessary delays. it's not shown any compassion to me, or the original victim. i swore to myself, if i ever prove my innocence, i'm not going to shut my mouth, and i'm not. no matter how exhausting or stressful it is for me, i have to follow this through because there's too much... actually human rights atrocities going on. people... innocent citizens in jail for life. what?! really? that's a serious matter. does this country care about its citizens? i don't know. it doesn't seem to, does it? dominic, where does this story go from here?— dominic, where does this story go from here? , ' . ., , , from here? different directions, but there are serious _ from here? different directions, but there are serious things _ from here? different directions, but there are serious things will - from here? different directions, but there are serious thi

the ccrc, the criminal cases review commission, had commenced an investigation into the safety of someat it in the round, how do you think it is that horizon barely came across your desk in that five year period? i think the general reason is that the officials who were briefing the ministers on the subject hadn't seen it as a particular problem. i think with hindsight i should have been told at the outset about horizon, what it was. it was just a word. i should have been told that people were querying, good, competent people, and computer weekly for example, i was told nothing of their work. people were suggesting there was a risk factor and i should have been told about alan bates and the justice group. i never heard his name until i had been in thejob five years, at the end when the whole issue came to a head. but certainly i wasn't briefed on them and i think probably this came down to civil servants making a judgment. studio: vince cable giving evidence to the post of his inquiry, the former business secretary who was one of the ministers responsible for the post office. he said t

that review finding just into us in the last few minutes , the ccrc rather, are minutes, the ccrc ratheror justice and saying that he obstructed his fight forjustice and it saying that he obstructed his fight for justice and it cost him an extra decade of being wrongly imprisoned. that conviction quashed . in 2003 conviction quashed. in 2003 after years of protesting his innocence . we'll bring you more innocence. we'll bring you more on that as we get it. but we're just hearing, as i say, that the wrongly jailed andrew malkinson could have been freed a decade earlier . could have been freed a decade earlier. well, those are the latest headlines for now. i'm sam francis. much more on that breaking story and much more throughout the next half hour. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. good afternoon britain, the prime minister is hosting 45 european leaders at blenheim palace today to find out why, let's talk to the chief political correspondent at the times