The man who was wrongly accused of murdering Rachel Nickell in London in 1992 has won £706,000 in compensation.
Ms Nickell, 23, was stabbed 49 times in a frenzied attack on Wimbledon Common in front of her two-year-old son.
Colin Stagg, 44, who was cleared of the killing in 1994, said: "What pleases me even more than the money is that this is effectively a public apology."
Robert Napper, 41, was charged with the former model's murder in November last year and is awaiting trial.
Mr Stagg's lawyer Alex Tribick said the payout from the Home Office was set by an independent assessor, Lord Brennan.
Mr Stagg, of Roehampton, south-west London, was acquitted of the murder when the judge threw out the case on the grounds police had used a "honey trap" plot to encourage him to confess ..... (more)