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Police kept evidence from jurors in a case which led to an innocent man spending 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit | BBC

From the link

The police evidence included photographs of the victim's hands which showed the fingernail of the rape victim's left middle finger was noticeably shorter than her other fingernails, which corroborated her evidence that she scratched her attacker's face. [The police failure to disclose the photographs meant] Mr Malkinson's defence team was therefore unable to highlight to the jury that he had no such scratch injury to his face. [...]

Assistant Chief Constable Sarah Jackson said "we are truly sorry"