According to Long, the passengers were shouting to "go this way, go that way, slow down." He told them to shut up and put music on . Comments have been closed on this article. An Old Bailey jury acquitted all three defendants of murder on Friday, instead convicting Cole and Bowers of manslaughter. The prosecution's case was that it would have been "obvious" to the defendants they were dragging PC Harper behind, but they decided not to stop. (3) Bowers and Cole's applications for permission to appeal against their convictions. [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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The prosecutor said Pc Andrew Shaw, Pc Andrew Harper's colleague, 'quickly realised something was very wrong' when PC Harper disappeared from view while trying to apprehend the suspect. Fellow officers have been laying flowers at the scene of the death throughout the morning. My God we will miss you. The father of Pc Andrew Harper has said the family are "devastated" following his death. [38], On 21 August, the Attorney-General applied for permission to refer the killers' sentences to the Court of Appeal on the basis that she considered them to be "unduly lenient". [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. Following a pause, he continued: F*** me, theyve already taken it.. In August 2019, Andrew went to a property in Berkshire to respond to reports of a stolen quad bike, despite it being four hours after his shift was supposed to have finished. He added that they had "hand-held things" and were "all masked" during the call that was played out in court, in which he asked the operator to send someone round to his house. YESTERDAY'S LISTS. Long had previously pleaded guilty to the same charge. Harper and a fellow officer were responding to a report of a burglary, after which Harper was dragged behind a car for a mile (1.6km), causing his death. The 'endless loop' tow rope, which Pc Harper got caught in, had been re-attached to the rear of the Seat for the jury to see. Mrs Harper said: "Should I speak again of how we were robbed of our future or the plans stolen from us? It's clear he has a catastrophic series of injuries and there's nothing that can be done for him.". I also want to thank the public and the wider police family for their messages of support during this extremely difficult time for everyone affected by Andrews death. Long has admitted to manslaughter and denies trying to harm PC Harper. Bowers was in the car as a passenger when PC Harper was killed. [44], On 27 October 2019, 5,000 motorcyclists took part in a "ride of respect" between RAF Benson and Abingdon Airfield. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. [33] The following day, the 11-person jury retired to deliberate. "Feet whipped forward and you land on your back - that's how Harps fell," PC Shaw said. READ MORE: Murder investigation launched. 'The three, effectively acting together as one, were determined to make good their escape at whatever the cost and regardless of the harm that anybody standing in their way may come to.'. 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Widow Mrs Harper told the court: "This is my third attempt at writing a statement. "I want to be angry that your job took you away from us but I know you loved it and always wanted to keep everyone safe, especially me," she said. A great cop, a great man, a great friend. As PC Harper tried to apprehend one of the suspects, his ankles got caught on a tow rope attached to their Seat Toldeo and he was dragged to his death. But while his colleagues mourned the death of one of their own, detectives were required to push emotions aside for the murder investigation. Homeowner Peter Wallis called 999 to report a group stealing his quad bike in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, at 11.17pm on 15 August last year. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Joe Middleton For Mailonline, Russian pro-war fanatic warns Britain could be 'wiped off the map'. Photographs of the pair on their wedding day at Ardington House, a Georgian manor in Oxfordshire, have been released. "I love and miss him daily with every passing moment. "Nobody's been given a script it just seemed to take hold," said PC Harper's friend Andy Ledbury, who put up a blue ribbon outside his plant nursery. Credit: PA On Saturday, forensics officers were seen searching a caravan. [8] On 28 January 2020, Harper was given a posthumous award by the Police Federation of England and Wales. The best way he could describe it was like a waterskier, he said: Feet whipped forward and you land on your back thats how Harps fell.. Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said: What then follows, you leave the car and had the gruesome discovery that body is your colleague. She said the teenagers who were found not guilty of murder "took more than one life away that day, they stole the person I used to be". The Telegraph 2.99M subscribers Three teenagers have been convicted of killing Pc Andrew Harper as they evaded arrest. PC Harper death: Officer recalls 'gruesome discovery' of colleague's body, A quad bike is seen attached to a Seat car which was stopped by PC Andrew Harper. In a statement read in court, he said: For a very brief second I thought the body had been a deer I quickly realised it was a person. Earlier, jurors had boarded a grey coach at the Old Bailey in central London and travelled to Berkshire for a first-hand view of key locations in the tragedy. The first stop was the Bull Inn, where the defendants were allegedly spotted before a first failed attempt to steal the quad bike. With the strapping laying loose on the ground, Cole then tried to get into the SEAT car but was unable to, he said. 2023 BBC. On Saturday, forensics officers were seen searching a caravan site on Padworth Road around three miles away from the scene, with two vans appearing to block the entrance. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? All three were standing trial for murder, but the jury found them guilty. On August 15 last year, PC Harper attended reports of a quad bike theft in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, at about 11.17pm. The cause of death is consistent with our current belief that Andrew was caught between a vehicle and the road, and then dragged for a distance. "[48] The law was added to the statute book on 28 April 2022[49] and is now law. [7][8] They had been expecting to go on their honeymoon in mid-August. Both the Home Secretary Priti Patel and the Justice Secretary Dominic Raab credited Lissie Harper's campaign with convincing them to pass the law. Newlywed Pc Andrew Harper, 28, became entangled in a tow rope attached to their Seat Toledo as he tried to catch them and was dragged to his death. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. He then learned that another officer had reported a "body in the road" near the A4. "He will never get to be called 'daddy' or hold his own child - we imagined this was not too far away in the future. [42], Harper's funeral was held on 14 October 2019 at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. PC Harper, who got married four weeks ago, was killed on the A4 Bath Road. Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said: "What then follows, you leave the car and had the gruesome discovery that body is your colleague. 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", He responds: "There's all sorts of pieces of wood out there, they can pick up anything. My sister's first born. 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. A post-mortem revealed the devastating effect of even the initial injuries, thought to have been sustained when the back of PC Harper's head struck the ground. [3] He was educated at The Henley College, where he showed an ambition for joining the police. [22] A second 17-year-old male was also later arrested. "We go towards trouble, we don't run away from it," he said. [41] Long has admitted manslaughter but denies intending to harm the 28-year-old officer. Mr Campbell said the officer was a "highly regarded, popular member of the team" and his death was a "significant loss" to the force and also to his colleagues and friends. The Old Bailey was told how Mr Wallis confronted the thieves earlier in the day and was at home when they returned after dark, in gloves and masks. The court heard homeowner Peter Wallis had reported masked thieves making off with the valuable Honda quad bike from his house in Bradfield Southend, near Reading, at 11.17pm. [10][11] Harper and fellow constable Andrew Shaw, who were finishing a surveillance shift in Reading,[5] responded to the call in their unmarked BMW police car. (1) the Attorney-General's application for permission to refer the sentences as unduly lenient; '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. Long, from Mortimer, Reading, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder and said he did not know PC Harper was attached to the vehicle. 'The officer would be killed. Pc Harper was pulled. 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. The jury was shown footage of the incident, recorded on a camera attached to the officers' unmarked police car. Asked if he was home alone, Mr Wallis said: Yeah. Relatives of PC Harper have also paid tribute on social media to the "loveliest person that you will ever meet". PC Andrew Harper died in August last year, Police officers at the scene in Berkshire where PC Harper was killed, Artist impression of Henry Long (L) Albert Bowers (C) and Jessie Cole (R) at the Old Bailey. 09 July 2020 A teenager has denied concocting a "cynical lie" to evade responsibility for the death of Pc Andrew Harper, who was dragged behind a car in Berkshire. PC Andrew Harper Thames Valley Police officer Andrew Harper died while on duty on Thursday, August 15 after responding to reports of a burglary between Reading and Newbury. Police search the scene, where Thames Valley Police officer Pc Andrew Harper, 28, died following a 'serious incident'. It would be a virtual certainty,' the prosecutor said. 'With Jessie Cole now in the car, Henry Long drove off at speed, flooring the accelerator to make good their escape. Officers are carrying out house-to-house inquiries, reviewing CCTV footage, interviewing witnesses and conducting forensic examinations, Det Supt Kent added. and [30] During this subsequently abandoned trial, Thames Valley Police said they had received intelligence suggesting possible jury intimidation. Long has admitted manslaughter but denies intending to harm the officer. After being arrested during raids in the early hours of 16 August, the three teenagers denied being involved, before changing their stories when faced with compelling evidence. They then spent half an hour examining the thieves' battered silver Seat parked nose to nose with PC Harper's dark grey police car in a reconstruction of their 'confrontation' in Admoor Lane. She placed his police helmet on his coffin during a funeral service at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, after colleagues and crowds lined the streets of the city to pay their respects. '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.'. 'Tragically, at that very moment and still in the act of chasing Jessie Cole down, PC Harper must have quite unwittingly stepped, with both feet, into the loop made of the strapping trailed behind the SEAT. "[That] is consistent with our current belief that Andrew was caught between a vehicle and the road and then dragged for a distance.". hometown of Wallingford in Oxfordshire decorated shop windows with ribbons representing the "thin blue line". He then learned that another officer had reported a body in the road near the A4. Detective Superintendent Ailsa Kent of the Major Crime Unit said: Our complex investigation into the death of PC Andrew Harper continues and I want to take this opportunity to provide an update. The body of PC Andrew Harper's was 'too damaged' for his family to see, his mum revealed in a heartbreaking victim impact statement. So proud of him. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. Andrew Harper death: Man charged with newlywed PC's murder PC Andrew Harper's wife Lissie says her "heart is broken" after the death of her "darling boy". Her campaign proposes that those convicted of manslaughter over the death of a blue-light worker while committing a crime should . 'It was going beyond the call of duty, as it were, and it would cost Andrew Harper his life.'. He will be loved forever.". Its clear he has a catastrophic series of injuries and theres nothing that can be done for him.. [3][11][12] At 23:28, Shaw and Harper happened upon a SEAT Toledo towing the stolen quad bike on Admoor Lane near Bradfield Southend. Video report by ITV News Correspondent Lucy Watson. Detectives investigating the death of a police officer have said he died of "multiple injuries", as they were given more time to question 10 suspects. His uncle Dale Shrimpton posted: "He's my oldest Nephew. Instead, he came across what turned out to be PC Harper's stab vest in the road, which had been torn from him. he did not know PC Harper was attached to the vehicle. The driver of the car, Henry Long, 19, and passengers Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, from near Reading, have all admitted conspiracy to steal the quad bike, but have denied the murder of PC Harper. "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. PC Andrew Harper: Teenage driver who killed police officer should have been given life term, attorney general says Henry Long was driving the vehicle that dragged the 28-year-old to his death on a rural road in Berkshire last year. He was dragged for. The Old Bailey heard how Mr Wallis had confronted the thieves earlier that day and was at home when they returned under the cover of darkness wearing masks and gloves. A tragic series of events that led to the gruesome discovery of Pc Andrew Harper lying catastrophically injured in a country lane has been played out in court. Pc Shaw told jurors: I thought maybe he slipped on something. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Three teenagers are on trial at the Old Bailey accused of murder over an incident in Berkshire last August. PC Andrew Harper from the roads policing unit at Abingdon Police Station was attending a reported burglary and was killed while performing his duties. Their sentences in respect of the manslaughter convictions were not altered. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Lists of casualties sustained by the New Zealand forces in the recent fighting on the western front were telegraphed b 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. Pc Shaw turned his vehicle around, expecting to find PC Harper waiting for him. He then learned that another officer reported a "body in the road" close to the A4. "Broken, distraught, beaten, a void, an empty shell. 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Mrs Adlam said her "first born had been ripped" from her, adding: "I haven't been able to work for fear of breaking down, my mind just isn't in the right place, my anxiety is overpowering. He approved measures to provide a private room for jurors to use throughout the trial and ordered that anyone using the public gallery must provide photographic identification. On 15 August 2019, 28-year-old English police constable Andrew Harper was killed near Sulhamstead, Berkshire, England in the line of duty. [18], Shaw lost sight of the SEAT but in his pursuit found Harper's stab vest in the road. Police release update on PC Andrew Harpers death, READ MORE: Murder investigation launched as policeman killed in line of duty, READ MORE: Family release image of newlywed policeman PC Harper, READ MORE: Police raid travellers' site as part of murder probe. Harry Howard They were acquitted on the charge of murder. "I simply find myself in a lost and endless world. On August 15 last year, PC Harper attended reports of a quad bike theft in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, at about 11.17pm. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. Pc Harper, who has been described by his uncle as the "loveliest person that you will ever meet", married his wife Lissie just four weeks ago. The jury found Bowers and Cole guilty of manslaughter. The vehicle, surrounded by police tape and a floodlight, was partially visible through a gap in the fence. "In answer to the question: how has Andrew's death impacted me? Our love goes to his lovely wife, mum and dad, brother and all of his family and friends. Chilling footage from the police car played to jurors showed the moment PC Harper left the vehicle to chase the thief. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. I quickly realised it was a person. A small circle of blue and white painted stones had been laid on the verge in tribute to the officer, with one saying 'when your heart stopped beating a part of me died'. As Long drove around the police car to escape, PC Harper got out of his vehicle and tried to apprehend Cole, who had unhitched the bike and was running behind the Seat driven by Long. PC Harper, 28, was dragged for more than a mile along the country lanes of Berkshire when he became entangled in a tow rope attached to the teenagers' getaway car. "My life often feels bleak, hopeless, irreparable. In July 2020, three teenage males were found guilty of manslaughter and received sentences of 16 and 13 years imprisonment. "Our grandson Andrew was killed last night while doing his police work. Judge Mr Justice Edis ruled it necessary to put measures in place to ensure the jury was not intimidated, even though the risk was "low". However, how he came to be between the vehicle in the first place is unknown at this point. To drive at such speeds and "seek to throw the officer free" was a "clear indication there was an intention in all three to kill him", Mr Laidlaw told the jury. The officer on duty with PC Harper was not physically injured but is being given emotional support, Thames Valley Police said. [37], On 4 August, the Attorney General's Office confirmed that it had received a request to review the sentences under the unduly lenient sentence scheme. 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[2020] EWCA Crim 1729 (16 December 2020)", "PC Andrew Harper: Hundreds of mourners attend funeral", "Wife of fallen police officer accepts posthumous honour award in his memory", "Police horse named Harper after killed officer", "PC Andrew Harper's widow launches 'Andrew's Law' campaign", "Boost for public safety as four justice bills receive Royal Assent", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Andrew_Harper&oldid=1132311582, This page was last edited on 8 January 2023, at 07:36. PC Andrew Harper, 28, was dragged to his death by a car in Berkshire, prosecutors say 'The report, which was made by the homeowner, Peter Wallis, indicated that three or four masked and. Jurors were told Long, Cole and Bowers had been trying to escape police, having been caught in the act of stealing a quad bike. HP10 9TY. A MAN has been charged with the murder of PC Andrew Harper as he investigated a burglary in Berkshire last week. I sincerely hope that IF convicted the judge involved throws the book at him and jails him for the rest of his life. Our love goes to his lovely wife, Mum and Dad, brother and all of his family and friends. For the first time, jurors heard the details of PC Harper's brutal killing - many of which were too graphic for publication. During the investigation, police officers and staff took 1,250 statements, visited more than 1,000 homes and pursued 1,122 lines of inquiry. Finally, our thoughts remain with Andrews friends, family and colleagues.. You can be satisfied I am now a shadow of the person I once was. [36] Harper's MP, John Howell, had said that he intended to ask for a review of the sentences. It looked like a rag doll.. Proceedings were halted to discuss measures to safeguard jurors after someone in the public gallery was seen pointing at them. "Every aspect of my life since Andrew was taken is bitterly different.". They were acquitted on the charge of murder. 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