Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay pointed out two CCTV cameras attached to the closed village pub, which had a Union flag flying on the front bearing the message Thank You NHS. 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'. On 16 December 2020 the Court of Appeal dismissed: Police forces,. [24], The murder trial, presided over by Mr. Justice Andrew Edis, began at the Old Bailey on 10 March 2020. Something went wrong, please try again later. [3] He joined Thames Valley Police's road policing unit approximately six weeks before his death,[3][5] and was based at the force's Abingdon station. "I simply find myself in a lost and endless world. 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. hometown of Wallingford in Oxfordshire decorated shop windows with ribbons representing the "thin blue line". The abandoned quad bike can be seen rolling slowly behind the police car while PC Harper pursued Jessie Cole towards the getaway car. 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. 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. Mr Justice Edis told them: 'The vehicles have been put in similar positions to the position they would have been in during part of the incident.'. [12] The post mortem also showed that Harper had sustained a "very severe" brain injury;[23] a pathologist stated that it was likely Harper lost consciousness when he fell to the ground. [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. 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. and PC Andrew Harper was killed while responding to a report of a quad bike being stolen by masked men, PC Harper married his childhood sweetheart Lissie four weeks before his death, Wallingford turned blue for Andrew Harper, Hundreds of motorbikes packed out RAF Benson to pay tribute to PC Harper, Officers lined the streets as the cortege travelled through Oxford, Henry Long, Albert Bowers, and Jessie Cole (l-r), all from travelling families, left school well before they were 16 and had a long history of stealing, The strap PC Harper got caught in was attached to a Seat Toledo, PC Harper was dragged for more than a mile by the car, PC Harper died after his ankles became entangled in a tow-strap attached to a car. ", Ms Kent continued: "In respect of our investigation, we are interviewing those in custody, carrying out house-to-house inquiries, obtaining and reviewing CCTV footage, undertaking extensive forensic examination and taking witness statements.". Thames Valley Police said on Saturday it had been granted an extra 36 hours to question the suspects. It looked like a rag doll.". [7][8] They had been expecting to go on their honeymoon in mid-August. '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.'. (3) Bowers and Cole's applications for permission to appeal against their convictions. Ten males aged between 13 and 30 have been arrested on suspicion of murder. 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. It would be a virtual certainty,' the prosecutor said. 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. 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". As always you can unsubscribe at any time. He was pulled along winding country roads for more than a mile at speeds of some 42mph before he became detached in Ufton Lane off the A4. "Andrew will never grace us with his smile - his compassion and selfless generosity. Paramedics pronounced PC Harper's death at 23:45 on August 15 2019. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. I quickly realised it was a person. Pc Harper and his crew mate Pc Andrew Shaw responded to Mr Walliss report, even though their shift had ended. [31], A retrial began on 23 June following changes to the UK's COVID-19 lockdown. Detective Superintendent Ailsa Kent, of Thames Valley Major Crime Unit, said the 28-year-old died of multiple injuries while responding to a burglary. The trio made off down when PC Harper and PC Shaw confronted them head-on in their unmarked BMW. Bowers was in the car as a passenger when PC Harper was killed. His funeral was. Pc Andrew Harper Thames Valley police Monday 15 August 2022, 3:49pm PC Andrew Harper died of multiple injuries after attending to reports of a burglary in Berkshire. and "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. 2023 BBC. Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said: 'PC Shaw's description of PC Harper's disappearance from his view, was that it was as if he had lost his footing while water skiing, in other words with the feet being whipped forward and his body being thrown back. The officer had been married for just four weeks. [27] All three defendants denied murder. Long has admitted to manslaughter and denies trying to harm PC Harper. Following a pause, he continued: F*** me, theyve already taken it.. The Telegraph 2.99M subscribers Three teenagers have been convicted of killing Pc Andrew Harper as they evaded arrest. 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. "He was the loveliest person that you will ever meet. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's She said the 10 boys and men had been arrested at council-run caravan and mobile home site, Four Houses Corner, about three miles from where PC Harper died. 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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. Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said: "What then follows, you leave the car and had the gruesome discovery that body is your colleague. [30] During this subsequently abandoned trial, Thames Valley Police said they had received intelligence suggesting possible jury intimidation. [3] He was educated at The Henley College, where he showed an ambition for joining the police. Sign up to the Daily Star's newsletter. [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. Deborah Adlam spoke after her son's killers Henry Long, 19, Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, where convicted of manslaughter, saying she now has "no motivation" in life. Mrs Harper told the court she felt "robbed" of her future with her husband, the 28-year-old Thames Valley Police officer she married four weeks earlier. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? [5][13] Shaw arrived at the location to find another officer tending to Harper,[19] who was pronounced dead by paramedics at 23:45. 10 male suspects, aged between 13 and 30 were arrested on suspicion of murder within an hour of the incident. 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Mr Laidlaw said: 'Henry Long continued to drive at speed for the next mile or so and he drove in a manner calculated to dislodge or shake the officer free from the strapping. [13] The SEAT, with Harper still being dragged behind, arrived at the lane's junction with the A4 Bath Roadapproximately 1 mile (1.6km) from where the police came upon the suspects. PC Andrew Harper from the roads policing unit at Abingdon Police Station was attending a reported burglary and was killed while performing his duties. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Read about our approach to external linking. The policemen switched their blue and white emergency lights on, and PC Harper ran to intercept Cole - coming 'pretty close' to grabbing the suspect - before Cole 'dived' through one of the windows. 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.. In an update given near the scene, Thames Valley Police spokesman Jack Abell said an emergency call was made reporting a burglary at a residential property at 11.18pm on Thursday. 'During the course of that high-speed journey, and until at last he became disentangled, his police uniform was quite literally ripped and stripped from his body. She confirmed that the arrests were made at a council-run caravan and mobile home site, Four Houses Corner, in Reading Road near Burghfield Common. PC Harper died after being dragged for more than a mile when his ankles became entangled in a tow rope attached to the car driven by Long as he fled the scene of an attempted quad bike theft in. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. He added that he set off in his car to find PC Harper, and came across his stab vest further up the road. PC Harper's mother, Debbie Adlam, is campaigning for Andrew's Law. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. 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. 'Henry Long, sped off, PC Harper was lassoed around his ankles by the loop of the strap. Security around the first trial into PC Harper's death was stepped up after police uncovered a plot by "associates of the defendants to intimidate the jury". The cause of death is consistent with details that PC Harper was caught between a vehicle and the road and dragged under it for a distance. However, the circumstances as to how Andrew came to be out of his vehicle and then caught under the suspect vehicle and dragged, is unknown. ", After a pause, he adds: "F*** me they've already taken it.". 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. It will be obvious to you all that none of the defendants could possibly have intended that that should happen. However, as PC Harper attempted to apprehend one of the suspects, his ankle became caught on a tow rope attached to their car, and he was dragged to his death. The coronavirus outbreak prompted the first trial to be stopped in late March. 'The officer would be killed. 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. Ten males aged between 13 and 30 have been. [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. A group of officers could be seen gathered around floral tributes reading messages to their fallen colleague. This new jury heard how Long, 19, Bowers and Cole, both 18, had hitched a Honda quad bike to the back of a Seat Toledo at a home near Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, and made off into the darkness as the vehicle's owner dialled 999. Along with colleague. After examining the place where PC Harper fell, the jury got back on the coach and returned to London. Widow Mrs Harper told the court: "This is my third attempt at writing a statement. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Describing the moment PC Harper got caught in the strapping, prosecutor Mr Laidlaw told jurors: '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. "Unwittingly" stepping with both feet into the trailing tow-strap, the officer became "lassoed" to the vehicle as it sped off and dragged him just over a mile before he became detached from the vehicle and died in the road. [20] On 19 August, the 20-year-old was charged with murder. But theyre not taking my damn bike., After a pause, he adds: F*** me theyve already taken it.. "I have used every word possible to describe this torture - indescribable trauma I have been forced to endure these past 11 months. His wife,. Three teenagers have been convicted of the manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper, who died in Berkshire last year, after being dragged for a mile along a country . Long, from Mortimer, Reading, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder and said he did not know PC Harper was attached to the vehicle. US porn star declared unfit for sex crimes trial, Ukrainian ministers killed in helicopter crash, Jeremy Renner TV show poster edited after accident, Celebrities who say their children will get no inheritance, Baby among six killed in possible cartel hit in US, Polar bear kills woman and boy in Alaska village. Mrs Harper said: "Should I speak again of how we were robbed of our future or the plans stolen from us? The police officer Andrew Harper fell "as if his legs were whipped from under him" before being dragged to his death, a court has heard. Separately, Harper's mother launched a campaign to require killers of police officers to receive minimum jail terms of 20 years. Colleagues of PC Andrew Harper will be giving evidence on day four of his murder trial at the Old Bailey. He said there was no evidence Bowers or Cole attempted to persuade Long to stop the vehicle. "You obviously did your best to attend to PC Harper. Proceedings were halted to discuss measures to safeguard jurors after someone in the public gallery was seen pointing at them. In the call, Mr Wallis added: Theres all sorts of pieces of wood out there, they can pick up anything. 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. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. His grandmother Maureen Shrimpton wrote: "Just a really horrible day. The widow was speaking before her husband's teenage killers were sentenced following their manslaughter conviction last week. 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. An officer has shared the moment he made the gruesome discovery of PC Andrew Harper who was lying gravely injured in a country lane. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Colleagues only realised it was one of their own who had been killed due to his police uniform, prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said. You obviously did your best to attend to Pc Harper. 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. Pc Andrew Harper, 28, was killed during a "serious incident" near the A4 Bath Road, between Reading and Newbury, at the village of Sulhamstead in Berkshire. Mark White Home affairs correspondent @skymarkwhite Monday 30 November 2020 17:47, UK 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. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can My sister's first born. 'It was going beyond the call of duty, as it were, and it would cost Andrew Harper his life.'. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? Long was acquitted of murder at the Old. [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. "That's the reason in particular this question defeats me - unless you have stood in my shoes, lost a soulmate, a beloved partner you intended to spend your life with - how is this grief possible to describe? Asked if he was home alone, Mr Wallis said: Yeah. As the documentary recalled. It was a killing that sparked tributes across the world and an "outpouring of love" for a police officer who was killed in the line of duty. PC Harper, who became a regular officer in 2011 after joining as a special constable a year earlier, had attended the reported break-in at about 23:30 BST with a fellow officer. 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 has been impossible for us to get our heads around. Harper, the passenger of the BMW, alighted the police vehicle and ran to the suspects' vehicle. 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. The pair. It's clear he has a catastrophic series of injuries and there's nothing that can be done for him.". 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.". His uncle Dale Shrimpton posted: "He's my oldest Nephew. 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. 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. ", He responds: "There's all sorts of pieces of wood out there, they can pick up anything. Giving evidence, Pc Shaw described the moment his colleague appeared to fall over and disappear from view. (1) the Attorney-General's application for permission to refer the sentences as unduly lenient; Her campaign proposes that those convicted of manslaughter over the death of a blue-light worker while committing a crime should . Mum and dad's first grandson And was married two weeks ago at a dream wedding. "In answer to the question: how has Andrew's death impacted me? Recommended PC Andrew Harper's killer 'should be. He was dragged for. PC Shaw told jurors he set off in the car to find his colleague and came across his stab vest further down the lane. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. Officers are carrying out house-to-house inquiries, reviewing CCTV footage, interviewing witnesses and conducting forensic examinations, Det Supt Kent added. 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. A 999 call, played in court, heard how owner Peter Wallis said four masked men were outside his home with weapons and how he asked for someone to attend. Jurors were shown harrowing footage of the incident recorded on camera attached to the officers unmarked BMW patrol car. [37], On 19 August 2020, Bowers and Cole made applications for permission to appeal against their convictions for manslaughter, and against the sentences that they had received. "Four weeks was all I had with my husband - four weeks to be called his wife. 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A MAN has been charged with the murder of PC Andrew Harper as he investigated a burglary in Berkshire last week. 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. In one picture the couple can be seen smiling as they cut their wedding cake with a sign next to them reading "happily ever Harper". Giving evidence, PC Shaw described the moment his colleague appeared to fall over and disappear from view. [12][18] The SEAT crossed the A4 into Ufton Lane near Sulhamstead, and Harper became disentangled. The killers have been jailed for a total of 42 years. Our love goes to his lovely wife, mum and dad, brother and all of his family and friends. READ MORE: Murder investigation launched. Mr Laidlaw said: ' Despite it being well beyond the end of their shift, because they were close and because thought they could help, they responded to the call. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. They were cleared of his murder. In the first brief comments from the family, Philip Harper said: "We're absolutely devastated and we're in a bad place.". [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. PC Andrew Harper murder trial jurors are taken to place where he died to see reconstruction of how 'he was dragged to his death snared in tow rope behind battered Seat Toledo' Pc Harper. "We are shocked and saddened by the death of our colleague". PC Andrew Harper died a hero in the line of duty. [40], The Attorney-General's application for permission to refer and the defendants' applications for permission to appeal were heard by the Court of Appeal on 30 November 2020, the Attorney-General Suella Braverman appearing personally. 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. 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.".
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