Andrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years in jail for a crime, which he did not do, has described the government’s increased hat as “insult” on payment to the victims of justice.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said that the maximum amount would be raised from £ 1m to £ 1.3m in England and Wales for the first time since 2008, The incorrectly convicted and imprisoned people are “compensated for the years they cannot find back”.
It follows the call to lift the cap, including Mr. Malkinson, who is campaigning to overhaul the compensation scheme.
The upliftment, reacting to the legal charity appeal, who represented him, argued the increase in “fall from inflation”.
On Tuesday, the government said that the cap would be increased by 30%.
This will bring a compensation limit to those who are in jail for 10 years or more, £ 1.3m, and £ 650,000 by a decade.
Mr. Malkinson said that the increase of the cap is “an improvement”, but that “a bottom-affected growth is derogatory”.
He said in a statement, “The state stole the years of my life and looted me my physical and mental health, yet it still wants to limit compensation arbitrarily that I get to try to bring myself back together.”
“I will continue to fight to eliminate this cruel and arbitrary cap, as well as deny compensation to the vast majority of those who are currently wrongly convicted with cruel rules.”
In February, he Preliminary payment received from the governmentThe amount of compensation was not disclosed, but the guardian stated that he would receive the “significant” six-hearted amount as an interim payment.
On Tuesday, Moj said the growth would create “a fair and better justice system”.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said: “Fairness is an ideal that reduces our justice system. Where it has failed to fulfill that ideal, the victims of disastrous abortion of justice should be able to rebuild their lives.
“This uplift will ensure that the victims are compensated for crimes they did not do and they cannot return for years.”
Once the eligible, compensation level will be decided by an independent assessor.
Investigative James Burly, who led the appeal investigation in the case of Mr. Malkinson, said: “This is one step ahead, but in 2008, the introduction of the cap has led to a very low increase in inflation since the introduction of the cap.
“Wrong punishment like Andrew Malkinson has tolerated unimaginable pain. The compensation they receive for reconstruction of their lives should reflect that reality, not limited by an arbitrary cap.”
