West Berkshire is part of my patch and I was on duty that night. As the debate over changes to the law continues, the Court of Appeal is soon to rule on whether the prison terms handed to PC Harper's killers were unduly lenient. Darley declared life extinct at the scene at 11.45pm. "Throughout this journey I have met so many incredible people, fellow widows and widowers who know this unique pain I feel. [36] Harper's MP, John Howell, had said that he intended to ask for a review of the sentences. [22] A fourth male, a 21-year-old from Basingstoke, was charged with conspiracy to steal a quad bike and subsequently pleaded guilty to the charge. "This is going to be a couple of years of really hard work, which is what we are willing to do," said the officer, who has been meeting politicians with PC Harper's widow. PC Andrew Harper was dragged behind a car after responding to a reported quad bike theft in August 2019 (Picture: PA) Henry Long, 19, has admitted the manslaughter of the Thames Valley Police. "It's been really emotional for people that knew him, but we didn't realise how much other people felt the same grief," he told the BBC. The men were on their way home - they didn't have to respond - but they made a decision to go beyond the call of duty. The trial is abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the prosecution case is that it must have been very quickly clear to Henry Long, who was after all at the wheel of the car, that the vehicle was now dragging somebody behind it., Manhunt launched for knifeman after woman, 44, stabbed to death, Horrifying moment police find images of morgue monster defiling corpses, Jeffrey Epstein spent his last days 'calling' his dead mum and not sleeping. Cole is on foot behind the Seat. Almost a year on from his death, three teenagers - Henry Long, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole - have been convicted of the manslaughter of PC Harper. Cole, from Aldermaston, and Bowers and Long, both from Mortimer, Reading, have admitted conspiring to steal the quad bike. A pathologist's report found PC Harper suffered "a very severe injury to the brain" which is "likely to have rendered him unconscious" after his head struck the ground. PC Andrew Harper died after his ankles became lassoed in straps attached to a car, Henry Long and his passengers, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, (l-r) deny murder. The 28-year-old policeman had become dislodged by the time his colleague, PC Andrew Shaw, came across him "barely alive". Police officers raided a council-run travellers' site, Four Houses Corner in Reading near Burghfield Common on Friday night (August 16). Under the Road Traffic Act, the maximum sentence would be in the region of five years, he said. Colleagues only realised it was one of their own who had been killed due to his police uniform, prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said. He then learned that another officer had reported a body in the road near the A4. Anger in Belgium over verdict in student's hazing death, Beijing's comedy crackdown is hitting its music scene, Tracking the rise of Russias missile strikes on Kyiv, Why Indian politicians woo the diaspora in the US, 'There's no one way to be autistic' Video'There's no one way to be autistic', Why the city that never sleeps is slowly sinking. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. [27] All three defendants denied murder. At 11.17pm on August 15 last year, homeowner Peter Wallis called 999 to report thieves making off with his quad bike in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire. Mr Laidlaw said: PC Harper was killed in truly shocking circumstances. POLICE detectives have revealed the cause of death of PC Andrew Harper following the murder investigation which launched on Thursday night (August 15). Mr Laidlaw said: "He was barely alive, and PC Harper died soon after where he lay, in Ufton Lane, in the company of fellow officers who had tried desperately to save him.". "Almost naked by this point, PC Harper was left as you can imagine with the most appalling of injuries, from which he died there on the road. Anger in Belgium over verdict in student's hazing death, Beijing's comedy crackdown is hitting its music scene, Tracking the rise of Russias missile strikes on Kyiv, Why Indian politicians woo the diaspora in the US, 'There's no one way to be autistic' Video'There's no one way to be autistic', Why the city that never sleeps is slowly sinking. As their sentences for conspiracy to steal and for manslaughter were to run concurrently, their overall sentences were not affected. It can carry a wide range of sentences, from a life term down to a community order, again depending on the circumstances. [42], Harper's funeral was held on 14 October 2019 at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. 'There's no one way to be autistic' Video, the three teenagers responsible for killing her husband, hoped to "move forwards" and retire from public life, Utah schools ban Bible for 'vulgarity and violence', Parents clash in Pride protest at US primary school, More than 260 dead in India three-train crash. Newly-married PC Harper was 28 when he. Cole runs past the police car, pursued by PC Harper, and dives through the Seat passenger window, the Old Bailey is told. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. My God we will miss you. On the night of 15 August 2019, PC Harper responded with a colleague to a 999 call about a quad bike theft, despite it being four hours past the end of their shifts. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Polnay read the officers statement, which said: Long and (the 17-year-old) remained very quiet and calm. Full list of rises, Keira Walsh, Lauren James, Alessia Russo, Ian Wright and Harry Kane lead winners at Womens Football Awards, Jeremy Bamber says police watchdog ruling could see him freed from jail, Woman survives eight days lost in the outback by drinking from puddles, Middle-class couple jailed for dealing after judge says theyre not special, Do not sell or share my personal information. A Gannett Company. The officer's widow, Lissie Harper, is campaigning for Harper's Law, which proposes a life sentence with a mandatory minimum term for an offender "guilty of killing an emergency services worker due to a criminal act no ifs, no buts". Forces up and down the land held a minute's silence for "Harps", who was described as a "dearly loved and respected colleague", who was a "hero". Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said: "PC Harper was killed in truly shocking circumstances. The tariff, which is set by a judge in accordance with government guidelines, will depend on the circumstances of the case. On 15 August 2019, 28-year-old English police constable Andrew Harper was killed near Sulhamstead, Berkshire, England in the line of duty. It looked like a rag doll.. Mr Seiger said the campaign was "not trying to undo" the verdicts in the trial of PC Harper's killers but was "looking forward, as we never want this to happen again". Therefore, I would reiterate our plea for the public and the media not to speculate on the circumstances of the incident while the investigation is ongoing.". [32] On 20 July, a juror was discharged after a prison officer reported that she had mouthed "bye boys" to the defendants in the courtroom. Police officers launched a murder probe . Something went wrong, please try again later. They came round earlier and now theyre at my property in Stanford Dingley.. The prosecutor said: What of course PC Harper had not seen, but each of these defendants would have known, was that the loop of strapping now on the ground and being dragged behind the Seat was still attached to the hinge of the boot lid of the vehicle. He is on trial for murder, along with Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, who were his passengers. A father driving his child to school gets distracted at the wheel and hits and kills an on-duty emergency worker. But theyre not taking my damn bike., After a pause, he adds: F*** me theyve already taken it.. PC Harper's colleague, PC Andrew Shaw, described it "as if he had lost his footing while water skiing" with his feet "being whipped forward and his body being thrown back". Mr Laidlaw said: Going beyond the call of duty, as it were, would cost Andrew Harper his life.. Members of the public lined the streets to watch the funeral procession,[43] and over 800 people attended the service including Home Secretary Priti Patel and Oxford West and Abingdon MP Layla Moranboth of whom later paid respect to Harper in the House of Commons. Mr Laidlaw said while none of the defendants could have "possibly intended that that should happen" it "must have been very quickly clear to Henry Long that the vehicle was now dragging somebody". Giving evidence, Pc Shaw described the moment his colleague appeared to fall over and disappear from view. Earlier today we sought a 36 hour extension to their custody, and this was granted at Reading Magistrates Court. An eyewitness initially thought the Seat was towing "the carcass of a bloodied deer", but quickly he realised it was a person trapped by both ankles being dragged around the road and striking the kerb, Mr Laidlaw said. Jurors were shown harrowing video footage of the incident recorded on a camera attached to the officers unmarked BMW patrol car. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [14][20], At 00:50 on 16 August, police arrested an 18-year-old male and a 17-year-old male at the caravan site. [7][8] They had been expecting to go on their honeymoon in mid-August. What do legal experts think about the campaigns? The three defendants were arrested later at a nearby travellers site. PC Andy Kemp told the Old Bailey he was called to the area following the reported theft of a quad bike, and saw a Seat Toledo driving at speed near the A4. In the call played in court, Mr Wallis said they had hand-held things and were all masked, as he asked the operator to send someone to his house. A coroner carried out a Post Mortem report to determine the cause of death, which has been recorded as "multiple injuries". ROYAL SHOCK AD BLITZ BEHIND BARS Evil thug who left man blind in one eye after kicking his head is jailed What happened to PC Harper? You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. [8] On 28 January 2020, Harper was given a posthumous award by the Police Federation of England and Wales. PC Andrew Harper was "doing no more than his job" when he was dragged for more than a mile to his death after his feet got caught in a strap trailing behind a suspect's getaway car. On that same date, 10 November, applications by the defendants to lodge challenges - against the sentence of Long and the manslaughter convictions of Bowers and Cole - will also be heard. The court heard the defendants had made off with the expensive Honda quad bike, secured to their Seat Toledo getaway car by a tow rope tied around its handlebars, but came face-to-face with the police on Admoor Lane. Mrs Harper said her quest to change the law came "in the midst of grief and incomprehensible loss", and was backed by the likes of Home Secretary Priti Patel and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab. PC Harper had become entangled in a strap attached to the vehicle as he tried to deal with three quad bike thieves. He added: "The danger is that today's popular campaign becomes tomorrow's miscarriage and burning injustice, because of the unforeseen people getting caught in it.". (3) Bowers and Cole's applications for permission to appeal against their convictions. Its upsetting, hes calling me a murderer., Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. [4], Harper initially joined Thames Valley Police as a special constable in 2010 at the age of 19, before joining as a regular police constable in 2011. PC Andrew Harper was responding to a reported theft four hours past the end of his shift when his ankles got caught in a tow rope attached to the suspects' getaway car. Those convicted of murder must serve a minimum term before they can be considered for parole. They said treating all defendants "exactly the same will guarantee injustice". During the investigation, police officers and staff took 1,250 statements, visited more than 1,000 homes and pursued 1,122 lines of inquiry. A pathologists report later found that PC Harper suffered a very severe injury to the brain which is likely to have rendered him unconscious after his head struck the ground. Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, were convicted of manslaughter after a trial at the Old Bailey and sentenced to 13 years in custody. 10 male suspects, aged between 13 and 30 were arrested on suspicion of murder within an hour of the incident. [14], On 13 March, the court heard that all parties agreed that the police constable first to attend to Harper on the A4 did not strike him with his vehicle, contrary to early reports of the incident. Jurors were shown footage from his body-worn video, in which Long can be heard saying: Does it look like Ive done a murder? Mrs Harper said "the messages, support and kind words" had been "overwhelming". PC Harpers parents and his widow Lissie Harper were among those attending the court on Tuesday. Eyewitness Jack Whittenham, who had been driving on the A4, described seeing Pc Harpers body being dragged on the road and hitting the curb, before he became detached from the Seat. "Henry Long sped off, PC Harper was lassoed around his ankles by the loop of the strap. All rights reserved. Why is a top British morning TV show in crisis? Eight seconds later, Long mounts the verge as he drives around the police car. Harper and a fellow officer were responding to a report of a burglary, after which Harper was dragged behind a car down a country road, making him to sustain injuries that led to his death. He said the two elements of Harper's Law that concerned him were the "automatic nature" of any sentence and the "lack of assessment of culpability, which is a big problem". Do Russians really hate the West? PC Harper was dragged for more than a mile along country lanes in Berkshire after he and a colleague responded to reports of a quad bike theft. [47], On November 24, 2021, the Ministry of Justice announced that they would introduce "Harper's Law", a bill extending mandatory life sentences to "anyone who commits the manslaughter of an emergency worker on duty including police, prison officers, firefighters and paramedics while carrying out another crime unless there are truly exceptional circumstances. "It was a senseless killing of a young police officer in the line of duty, a young man who was doing no more than his job.". Police officers launched a murder probe following a "serious incident" which took place at around 11.30pm near to the crossroads of Ufton Lane and Lambdens Hill, near Sulhampstead between Reading and Newbury. 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Although PC Harper wasn't my team, my other half works Road Policing in TVP and knew him well. After four weeks of evidence and 12 hours, 22 minutes of deliberations, jurors acquitted all three defendants of murder. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, 1st Floor, Chartist Tower, Upper Dock Street, Newport, Wales, NP20 1DW Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. Initially 10 males, aged between 13 and 30, were arrested at the Four Houses Corner caravan site, before Long, Bowers and Cole went on trial accused of murder at the Old Bailey in March. The Old Bailey heard his uniform was "ripped and stripped from his body". Pc Shaw told jurors: I thought maybe he slipped on something. 4-min read. He says: "I've got four masked men outside my house and they've got weapons.". PC Andrew Harper was "swung from side to side like a pendulum" after his ankles got caught in a strap trailing behind a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Henry Long in Berkshire in August 2019. Long and (the 17-year-old) stepped out of the caravan to talk to me., He went on: I explained to them that a police officer had died and I was arresting them on suspicion of murder. Pc Shaw told jurors he set off in the car to find his colleague and came across his stab vest further down the lane. Analysis Data & Forensics Videos Weather PC Andrew Harper: Dashcam footage shows chase which caused officer's death Friday 31 July 2020 13:25, UK 2:29 Henry Long, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, have been convicted of killing PC Harper after dragging him behind their getaway car. The trial continues and is due to last up to five weeks. obviously, the mass murder of an entire family is horrific, however, one of the most devastating facts is that Cazilia (7) was still alive, after being beaten with the ax, and sat with a Broken jaw, head trauma, and large neck gash for hours . PC Harper almost reaches the car and Cole but runs into the loop of the strapping trailing from the boot. He became dislodged and was left in the road while the three defendants drove to the Four Houses Corner caravan site in Ufton Nervet. Long has admitted the manslaughter of the Thames Valley Police officer, but has denied intending to kill him. 3.23M subscribers Subscribe 421 Share 112K views 2 years ago Three teenagers have been convicted of killing Pc Andrew Harper as they evaded arrest. In a statement read to the court by the prosecutor Jonathan Polnay, PC Nick Kluger, a Thames Valley firearms officer, described an immense sense of dread and an urgency when he heard that an officer was down. However, how he came to be between the vehicle in the first place is unknown at this point. Mrs Harper, 29, believes she has seen at first hand how the judicial system is "broken" after being denied "real justice" over her husband's death following a trial at the Old Bailey. Lissie Harper successfully campaigned for 'Harper's Law' to give mandatory life sentences to the killers of emergency service workers. One witness in the area at the time described a rope coming from the boot of the Seat attached to what appeared to be "the bloodied carcass of a deer", the court heard. PC Andrew Harper was killed in the line of duty after responding to the reported theft of a quad bike from a home near the village of Sulhamstead in Berkshire. Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said the 28-year-olds uniform was quite literally ripped and stripped from his body as he was swung side-to-side like a pendulum in an effort to dislodge him. Anger in Belgium over verdict in student's hazing death, Beijing's comedy crackdown is hitting its music scene, Tracking the rise of Russias missile strikes on Kyiv, Why Indian politicians woo the diaspora in the US, 'There's no one way to be autistic' Video'There's no one way to be autistic', Why the city that never sleeps is slowly sinking. [27] Long, who was driving the SEAT,[11] had previously admitted manslaughter and conspiracy to steal a quad bike. blue circle around profile picture on imessage; journalist hangout time on sunday It was a decision that would cost PC Harper his life. The campaign has suggested Harper's Law might create a "separate conviction" or "new offence" to murder and manslaughter. Henry Long, 18, from Mortimer, Reading, and two 17-year-olds, who cannot be named for legal reasons, all deny murdering the Thames Valley police officer in August last year. Long, 19, and Cole and Bowers, both aged 18, go on trial at the Old Bailey for murder. 'There's no one way to be autistic' Video, Utah schools ban Bible for 'vulgarity and violence', Parents clash in Pride protest at US primary school, More than 260 dead in India three-train crash. Advertisement On 15 August 2019, 28-year-old English police constable Andrew Harper was killed near Sulhamstead, Berkshire, England in the line of duty. Mr Long and passengers Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, both 18, deny murder. PC Andrew Harper was killed when he was dragged behind a car in Berkshire. It introduces mandatory life sentences for anyone whose crimes result in the death of. Alistair Parker, a solicitor for the Brett Wilson law firm, said the idea of Harper's Law sounded "superficially attractive" but warned it could be "draconian". The defendants are arrested in the early hours. "We go towards trouble, we don't run away from it," he said. The series of events that led to the "gruesome discovery" of PC Andrew Harper lying injured on a country lane has been played out to a court. Peter Wallis dialled 999 to say he could see "four masked men" brandishing weapons. [48] Harper's Law did not affect the sentences of the three men already imprisoned for killing Andrew Harper.[50]. Long had previously admitted the same offence. Read about our approach to external linking. British police officer killed in the line of duty. Jurors have been told the case is being re-tried after the original trial, which began in February, was abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic. [34] On 24 July, the three defendants were cleared of murder. He has been dragged just over a mile for 91 seconds before he is dislodged on the other side of the A4. Please report any comments that break our rules. [15] With the quad bike no longer attached, the suspects drove south-east on Lambden's Hill with Harper "lassoed" to the rear of the SEAT vehicle. "My worry is that this case was unusual for a number of reasons, and unusual cases are rarely a sensible starting point for changing the law," they said. In respect of our investigation, we are interviewing those in custody, carrying out house to house enquiries, obtaining and reviewing CCTV footage, undertaking forensic examination, and taking witness statements.". Her husband, a Thames Valley Police officer, was dragged to his death by a getaway car in August 2019. [16] On 23 March, along with all other jury trials in England and Wales, the trial was suspended pending a review of operations amid the spread of COVID-19. Advertisement. [35] In his summary, on the matter as to whether the jury had been subject to any improper pressure, Edis said: "To the best of my knowledge and belief there is no truth in that at all". Jurors were shown footage from a police helicopter showing the very, very hot Seat parked in one of the plots. Its clear he has a catastrophic series of injuries and theres nothing that can be done for him.. Mr Laidlaw said as Mr Cole had attempted to get into the Seat to escape, PC Harper got out of his vehicle to intercept him. 11.30pm: PC Harper's body is found by Pc Christopher Bushnell in Ufton Lane. 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. "It was, as the witness described it, like a 'rag doll' and he saw PC Harper's body strike the kerb.". VideoDo Russians really hate the West? Examples Mr Parker gave to demonstrate the potential pitfalls of changes to the law include: "What you will get is huge disparities in sentencing where there was no ill will towards the emergency worker," Mr Parker said. As the retrial began in June, new jurors were placed 2m (6ft 6in) apart, while members of the press and the public followed proceedings on monitors in neighbouring courtrooms. Almost naked by this point, PC Harper was left as you can imagine with the most appalling of injuries, from which he died there on the road. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. The trio admitted conspiring to steal a quad bike along with Thomas King, 21, from Basingstoke. [5][28][29], The trial was temporarily suspended on 17 and 18 March as a member of the jury was unwell. 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