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.
Lissie Harper responds to Court of Appeal decision not to extend jail terms of PC Harper s killers
Lissie Harper THE widow of PC Andrew Harper said she will continue to fight for justice and for the safety of emergency service workers following the Court of Appeal s decision today (December 16) not to change the sentences of the officer s killers. In a statement made following the hearing, Lissie said: Many months have passed since I sat in a cold and soulless courtroom, awaiting the fate to be given to the criminals who took my husband’s life and our future together. Many days I have spent fighting against an inadequate sentence and a wrong-doing that I could not accept.
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.
PC Andrew Harper: Court of Appeal judges refuse to lengthen jail terms for killers
But trio s bid to have sentences reduced is also rejected
John Garvey
The decision will cause further heartache for his devastated widow.
However, in a crumb of comfort, they also rejected defence pleas to lessen the jail terms.
The Court of Appeal dismissed challenges by the Attorney General and the trio, ruling that their sentences will remain the same.
Henry Long, 19, from College Piece, Mortimer, 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.
Prosecutors in sexual assault cases do not need to prove a defendant was motivated by their own gratification, the Court of Appeal has ruled, after the Attorney General called for clarification of the law.