The Labour leader led the Crown Prosecution Service when it was made aware of the existence of DNA that exonerated Andrew Malkinson - who spent 17 years behind bars for a rape he did not commit.
Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to"say something" about the case of a man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit before having his conviction overturned.director of public prosecutions and head of the CPS from 2008 to 2013should also co-operate with any potential public inquiry into what has been described as the"total public mess" caused by the miscarriage of justice.
"The DPP isn't going to be over every case - but the prime minister has spoken about it, the lord chancellor has spoken about it and the only people we have not heard from are Labour and Keir Starmer," the former justice secretary added. In April, the Labour leader told Sky News he took"full responsibility for every decision of the Crown Prosecution Service when I was director of public prosecutions".
"There are serious questions to ask about why that information wasn't provided and that they didn't go after the real perpetrator, who of course was then free to carry on doing these horrendous crimes," she added.
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