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Calls to review ‘unduly lenient’ sentence for rapist in Andrew Malkinson miscarriage of justice

Paul Quinn will serve at least 14 years for the 2003 rape in Salford and could spend less time in prison than Malkinson

The government’s most senior law officer has been asked to review the “unduly lenient” prison sentence handed to a rapist who evaded police for nearly two decades in one of Britain’s biggest miscarriages of justice.

Paul Quinn was jailed last week for a minimum of 14 years, meaning he could spend less time in prison than Andrew Malkinson, who was wrongly convicted of his crime.

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© Photograph: Ron Fassbender/Alamy

© Photograph: Ron Fassbender/Alamy

© Photograph: Ron Fassbender/Alamy

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Delivery pain for UK dad as baby magazine arrives 19 years late

Paul Edwards ordered the publication before the birth of his son in 2007, but experienced pregnant pause before receiving it this week

When Paul Edwards ordered a parenting magazine in 2007, he was hoping that it would provide helpful advice and offers to help him navigate the stresses and challenges of bringing up children.

However the magazine never arrived – until now. The copy of Mother & Baby was delivered on Friday – 19 years after he ordered it – with his children now studying at university.

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© Photograph: Paul Edwards

© Photograph: Paul Edwards

© Photograph: Paul Edwards

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It’s been 50 years since the ‘most important concert of all time’... and everyone who saw it would fit inside Bad Bunny’s ‘casita’

At a time when tens of thousands of people flock each night to see Bad Bunny in Madrid and share millions of videos capturing his every move, it feels strange to think that on this very day, exactly 50 years ago, a concert took place that was likely attended by fewer people than those dancing each night in the Puerto Rican star’s casita — and yet may have changed popular music forever.

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Image from the film '24 Hour Party People' by Michael Winterbottom.

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Steve Jones, Johnny Rotten and Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols playing on June 4, 1976, in Manchester.
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