UK Man Comes Out 17 Years After Wrong Rape Conviction: "Kidnapped By State"

Mr Malkinson was jailed in 2004 after being found guilty of attacking a woman in Salford.

A man locked up for 17 years for a rape he did not commit was finally declared a free man after his conviction was overturned by appeals court judges on Wednesday.

Following the discovery of new DNA evidence connecting another potential suspect to the crime, British national Andrew Malkinson's conviction was quashed.

According to BBC, Malkinson was jailed in 2004 for the attack on a woman in Salford, serving a jail term for a crime he always said he did not commit. His case was referred to the Court of Appeal in January after new evidence pointed to another potential suspect.