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MPs Question Criminal Cases Chief Over Misleading Testimony

5/22/2025

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Karen Kneller, the head of the UK's Criminal Cases Review Commission, faces scrutiny from MPs for allegedly misleading parliament about the Andrew Malkinson case. Malkinson, who endured 17 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, has had his plight further complicated by confirmed inaccuracies in Kneller's testimony, as revealed by Chris Henley KC.

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Karen Kneller, the head of the UK's Criminal Cases Review Commission, faces scrutiny from MPs for allegedly misleading parliament about the Andrew Malkinson case. Malkinson, who endured 17 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, has had his plight further complicated by confirmed inaccuracies in Kneller's testimony, as revealed by Chris Henley KC.