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A woman who identified Andy Malkinson in a video lineup following a rape has revealed to a jury that she later doubted whether he was actually her attacker after seeing him in court. Despite her reservations, police officers reassured her that she had “got the right man” and that her doubts were merely “trial nerves.” This testimony is part of the ongoing trial of Paul Quinn.
The attack occurred in Salford in July 2003, when the victim was stalked through Little Hulton, near Bolton, and then assaulted in a remote wooded area close to the M61 motorway. The man strangled her unconscious and raped her twice. She does not have any memory of the assault itself and did not know her assailant prior to the attack. Several weeks later, she selected Malkinson during a police video identification process. Malkinson was subsequently convicted and spent 17 years in prison as a result.
At the current trial, the woman admitted to having been “very naive” and said she followed police advice when she voiced concerns about her original identification. Defence barrister Lisa Wilding KC, representing Quinn, highlighted the woman’s initial certainty during the 2004 trial and questioned whether she ever told police she may have been mistaken. The victim responded, “I did,” though she could not recall exactly when, explaining that she “wasn’t too sure it was the right man” at some point. She recalled that police officers, including someone of higher rank, reassured her that her identification was correct.
Quinn was not linked to the crime until years later, when advancements in forensic science allowed his DNA to be matched to evidence recovered from the victim. The probabilities suggested that it was at least one billion times more likely for Quinn’s DNA to be present if he was indeed the contributor, significantly implicating him in the case. Quinn, who was 29 at the time of the attack, denies charges including two counts of rape, strangulation, and grievous bodily harm with intent
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