Read about our approach to external linking. A few locals out walking dogs in the light drizzle were seen stopping to stare as the convoy went by. 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. RIP mate, love you. Harper, the passenger of the BMW, alighted the police vehicle and ran to the suspects' vehicle. '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.'. 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. On Wednesday, a jury in their retrial retraced the route the thieves took, walking the final leg across the A4 to view the place where PC Harper died. 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Bowers, of Moat Close, Bramley, and Cole, of Paices Hill near Reading, confirmed they were passengers in the Seat, but denied ever seeing the police officer. 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. Oh, they are stealing my quad bike, Im going out there now., The operator told him not to go out, but Mr Wallis said: I dont care, Ive got to protect that bike., The operator said officers were on their way, adding: You cant go out there if theyve got a weapon, you are going to be hurt., He responds: Theres all sorts of pieces of wood out there, they can pick up anything. PC Harper's widow Lissie described being in "a lost and endless world" after her husband was killed in the line of duty, a month after their wedding day. Media reported that in total, 10 males aged between 13 and 30 had been arrested. His funeral was. 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. Mr Laidlaw said all three defendants should have known the consequences of their actions. His grandmother Maureen Shrimpton wrote: "Just a really horrible day. Is it time Harry & Meghan accept Clarkson's apology and move on? In a frantic 999 call just before 11.17pm Peter Wallis told the operator: 'I've got four masked men outside my house and they've got weapons Handheld things * handheld piece of wood or something.'. 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. 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. Both the Home Secretary Priti Patel and the Justice Secretary Dominic Raab credited Lissie Harper's campaign with convincing them to pass the law. PC Harper had been dragged for more than a mile for 91 seconds, at an average speed of 42.5mph, before his body was dislodged. 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. Our love goes to his lovely wife, Mum and Dad, brother and all of his family and friends. My God we will miss you. Despite their shift ending, PC Harper and his colleague PC Andrew Shaw responded to Mr Wallis's report. [26] Bowers and Coleboth minors at the time of the offence and originally protected by Section 39 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal a quad bike[15] but denied manslaughter. Mr Wallis told the Thames Valley Police operator: Ive got four masked men outside my house and theyve got weapons. Andrew James Harper (22 March 1991 15 August 2019)[1][2] grew up in Wallingford. ROLL OF HONOUR. 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. 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 . "You obviously did your best to attend to PC Harper. Ten males aged between 13 and 30 have been. Bowers and Cole's applications for permission to appeal against their sentences were granted, to enable the Court of Appeal to correct an error made in their sentencing for the offence of conspiracy to steal. '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. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. Chef, Sarah and Harry.". "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.". Pc Shaw turned his vehicle around, expecting to find PC Harper waiting for him. 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. [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 Shaw, giving evidence, described the moment that his crew-mate appeared to fall over and disappeared from view, saying it was like a water-skier. Det Supt Blaik said PC Harper "paid the ultimate price" for going beyond the call of duty, but added "that is what police officers do up and down the country, day in and day out". Mr Laidlaw said the defendants attached a strap between their SEAT Toledo and the handlebars of the quad bike. [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. PC Harper, who would have been knocked unconscious, had suffered horrific injuries and died at the scene. 'They had thought through and carefully planned the offence. "We go towards trouble, we don't run away from it," he said. Long, from Mortimer, Reading, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder and said he did not know PC Harper was attached to the vehicle. Love from Nan and Bubba xxx". 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. Jurors were shown harrowing footage of the incident recorded on camera attached to the officers unmarked BMW patrol car. PC Andrew Harper was killed while attending a reported burglary in a rural area of Berkshire. In the call, Mr Wallis added: Theres all sorts of pieces of wood out there, they can pick up anything. We continue our appeal to anyone with any information about this incident to contact police by visiting our website or calling 101. Asked if he was home alone, Mr Wallis said: Yeah. As Pc Harper tried to apprehend one the suspects, his ankles got caught on a tow rope attached to their Seat Toledo and he was dragged to his death. 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. 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The father of Pc Andrew Harper has said the family are "devastated" following his death. The body of PC Andrew Harper's was 'too damaged' for his family to see, his mum revealed in a heartbreaking victim impact statement. Pc Harper was pulled. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [41] [14] In a separate operation, a 20-year-old man from Pingewood was arrested on suspicion of murder. (2) Long's application for permission to appeal against his sentence; and [3] He was educated at The Henley College, where he showed an ambition for joining the police. You obviously did your best to attend to Pc Harper. PC Harper and his crew mate PC Andrew Shaw responded to the call even though their shift had ended. The Seat driver Henry Long, 19, and his passengers Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, from near Reading, have admitted conspiring to steal the 10,000 quad bike but have denied Pc Harper's murder. 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In July 2020, three teenage males were found guilty of manslaughter and received sentences of 16 and 13 years imprisonment. 'The officer would be killed. [33] The following day, the 11-person jury retired to deliberate. 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". [5][28][29], The trial was temporarily suspended on 17 and 18 March as a member of the jury was unwell. 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. The A4 Bath road was also closed again yesterday (August 17) while police officers carried out searches. PC Andrew Harper attended a reported theft with his crew mate in Berkshire even though his shift had ended before he was dragged to his death, Don't miss a thing! 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