Footage has resurfaced showing the killers of PC Andrew Harper laughing in court, reigniting public anger and prompting renewed scrutiny of the government's early release scheme. The resurfacing of the video has put pressure on senior figures, including Andy Burnham, to review the policy, which critics have branded "deplorable" given how it could affect offenders convicted of such serious crimes.

The case centres on the killers of PC Harper, the Thames Valley Police officer who was dragged to his death by a getaway vehicle in 2019, an incident that caused widespread public outrage at the time. The reappearance of the courtroom footage showing the offenders' apparent lack of remorse has reignited that anger, feeding into a wider political row over Labour's approach to early prisoner releases and adding pressure on ministers to justify or amend the scheme.