Man Denies Rape Charges, Claims DNA Match Coincidence

On March 27, a new suspect in a 2003 rake case told jurors he never feared police showing

up at his door.

Paul Quinn, a 51-year-old man from Exeter, denies attacking a woman near Little Holtin

before 6am on July 19, 2003.

He's spacing charges of two counts of rape, indecent assault, causing grievous bodily harm

and attempted strangulation.

Earlier this week, prosecutors reminded the court that Andrew Malkenson spent 17 years

in prison for the same crime before DNA evidence cleared.

Him.

They called it one of the worst miscarriages of justice, based on mistaken eyewitness

identifications, including the victim's 100%.

Confident?

But wrong pick.

Malkenson's longer deal shocked many, highlighting flaws in the old identification process.

Now the focus is on Quinn, who used to live near the attack site at the base of an

embankment off Clegg's lane.

In cross-examination, Quinn rejected claims he got anxious after news of the DNA match

when public in late summer 2022.

He denied searching online articles about the case, or trying to scrub his DNA from databases,

insisting it was all coincidence.

The trial at Manchester Crown Court presses on, with Quinn maintaining his innocence as the

jury weighs the evidence.