Widow of PC slams government ‘betrayal’ as killers remain eligible for early prison release
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PC Andrew Harper was a Thames Valley Police officer killed in 2019 while responding to a report of a quad bike theft in Berkshire. Three men were convicted over his death: the driver received a longer sentence, while Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers were convicted of manslaughter and given 13 years each.
Lissie Harper campaigned for a law requiring life sentences for people who kill emergency workers while committing a crime. Known as Harper’s Law, it came after her husband’s death and did not change the sentences already imposed on his killers. Prisoners can qualify for early release under rules intended to manage pressure on prisons, so the case has raised questions about how those rules apply to earlier convictions.