By Press Association 2021
Police officer killed in Sulhamstead
The Court of Appeal will rule on whether Pc Andrew Harper’s killers’ sentences for manslaughter are “unduly lenient” following a bid by the Attorney General to have them increased.
Henry Long, 19, was sentenced to 16 years and 18-year-olds Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers were handed 13 years in July over the death of the Thames Valley Police traffic officer.
Pc Harper, 28, was caught in a strap attached to the back of a car driven by Long and dragged to his death down a winding country road as the trio fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Berkshire on the night of August 15 2019.
By Press Association 2021
Lissie Harper
The widow of Pc Andrew Harper has said she is “disappointed” after the Court of Appeal rejected a bid by the Attorney General to increase the sentences of her husband’s killers.
Henry Long, 19, was sentenced in July to 16 years and 18-year-olds Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers were handed 13 years in custody over the manslaughter of the Thames Valley Police traffic officer.
Pc Harper, 28, was caught in a strap attached to the back of a car driven by Long and dragged to his death down a winding country road as the trio fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Berkshire on the night of August 15 2019.
PC Andrew Harper was killed while responding to reports of a burglary in August 2019
The widow of Pc Andrew Harper has said she is disappointed after the Court of Appeal rejected a bid by the Attorney General to increase the sentences of her husband s killers.
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PC Andrew Harper died at Ufton Lane, near Sulhamstead, Berkshire. Credit: Steve Parsons/PA
Henry Long, 19, was sentenced to 16 years and 18-year-olds Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers were handed 13 years in July over the death of the Thames Valley Police traffic officer.
Pc Harper, 28, was caught in a strap attached to the back of a car driven by Long and dragged to his death down a winding country road as the trio fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Berkshire on the night of August 15 2019.
Pc Andrew Harper s widow disappointed after efforts to increase killers sentences fails To take someone s life surely should mean to have your own freedom taken in return
PC Andrew Harper with his wife Lissie (Image: Handout)
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(L to R) Henry Long, Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers (Thames Valley Police/PA) Henry Long, 19, was jailed in July for 16 years and 18-year-olds Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers were handed 13 years in custody over the death of the Thames Valley Police traffic officer. PC Harper, 28, was caught in a strap attached to the back of a car driven by Long and dragged to his death down a winding country road as the trio fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Berkshire on the night of August 15, 2019. Long – the leader of the group – admitted manslaughter, while passengers Cole and Bowers were convicted of manslaughter after a trial at the Old Bailey.