15:I[66739,["/_next/static/chunks/0_jglizaxuvid.js?dpl=dpl_DRoRkpdcQV1jQfRdq8TQL36QboxC","/_next/static/chunks/00yc4h63rurg4.js?dpl=dpl_DRoRkpdcQV1jQfRdq8TQL36QboxC","/_next/static/chunks/01b21njbdx~~m.js?dpl=dpl_DRoRkpdcQV1jQfRdq8TQL36QboxC","/_next/static/chunks/14s118kzsmuz9.js?dpl=dpl_DRoRkpdcQV1jQfRdq8TQL36QboxC","/_next/static/chunks/166.u_60qj09..js?dpl=dpl_DRoRkpdcQV1jQfRdq8TQL36QboxC","/_next/static/chunks/0g9_wl34k-6l4.js?dpl=dpl_DRoRkpdcQV1jQfRdq8TQL36QboxC","/_next/static/chunks/0~r4f.cjjsl~b.js?dpl=dpl_DRoRkpdcQV1jQfRdq8TQL36QboxC"],"default"] 17:I[38632,["/_next/static/chunks/0qqtp3r0h7kah.js?dpl=dpl_DRoRkpdcQV1jQfRdq8TQL36QboxC","/_next/static/chunks/0iukvycbd42rl.js?dpl=dpl_DRoRkpdcQV1jQfRdq8TQL36QboxC"],"IconMark"] 16:T43d,

Andrew Malkinson spent 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Yesterday the Court of Appeal finally cleared his name.

It is a failure so serious, so unthinkable it barely makes sense. But today Mr Malkinson laid the blame firmly at the door of the police who- he says- concealed and destroyed evidence to mask their mistake.

Why isn't this a crime? And what should happen now? We ask a former Director of Public Prosecution, Lord Ken Macdonald.

Later, we look at the curious, budding relationship between Italy's hard-right prime minister Giorgia Meloni and America's President Joe Biden as they meet for talks at the White House.

And - we bring you the letter written to Nadine Dorries ... from a town council in Mid Beds.

Editor: Tom Hughes

Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus

Producer: Laura FitzPatrick

Planning: Alex Barnett

Video producers: Rory Symon & Will Gibson Smith

Social media editor: Georgia Foxwell

The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.

How could an innocent man spend 17 years in prison?

The News Agents

How could an innocent man spend 17 years in prison?