Chilling footage from the police car played to jurors showed the moment PC Harper left the vehicle to chase the thief. Mr Laidlaw said the defendants attached a strap between their SEAT Toledo and the handlebars of the quad bike. [26] The trial, which was being held during the COVID-19 pandemic, resumed on 19 March after two of the jurors were discharged because they were self-isolating. It looked like a rag doll.". Lissie broke down twice as she read from her victim impact statement at the Old Bailey. His fellow officers "desperately tried to save him" but he had. Eyewitness Jack Whittenham, who had been driving on the A4, described seeing Pc Harpers body being dragged on the road and hitting the curb, before he became detached from the Seat. 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. 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. ROLL OF HONOUR. 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. Paramedics pronounced PC Harper's death at 23:45 on August 15 2019. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Blue silk posies tied to street posts marked the area where the 28-year-old Thames Valley police officer fell after being dragged more than a mile behind a car on the night of August 15 last year. Harper's killing led to the passing of Harper's Law, which introduced a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for anyone convicted of killing emergency workers. 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. 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. Mr Laidlaw said: 'PC Harper was completely naked apart from his socks, the heavy boots he was wearing and some ripped shreds of the trousers of his police uniform, which remained attached to his body. "I have sat in the mortuary of my son's covered body, too damaged for me to see. Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said: "What then follows, you leave the car and had the gruesome discovery that body is your colleague. Pc Shaw later discovered his colleague's body. A great cop, a great man, a great friend. 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. During the investigation, police officers and staff took 1,250 statements, visited more than 1,000 homes and pursued 1,122 lines of inquiry. and A group of officers could be seen gathered around floral tributes reading messages to their fallen colleague. Follows the tireless campaigning of PC Andrew Harper's family Named after PC Andrew Harper, who was killed in the line of duty in 2019, the law will introduce mandatory life sentences. 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. [11][15], The SEAT was later found at Four Houses Corner travellers' site[20] near Burghfield Common[21] by a police helicopter using thermal imaging. 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. For the first time, jurors heard the details of PC Harper's brutal killing - many of which were too graphic for publication. 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. My sister's first born. 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. By Long had pleaded guilty to, and Bowers and Cole were found guilty of, manslaughter. [31], A retrial began on 23 June following changes to the UK's COVID-19 lockdown. Read about our approach to external linking. Read about our approach to external linking. "Andrew was such a good man, a brave, a caring person, funny and uplifting. Following a pause, he continued: F*** me, theyve already taken it.. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? PC Harper, who got married four weeks ago, was killed on the A4 Bath Road. 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. 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. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. They were acquitted on the charge of murder. [36] Harper's MP, John Howell, had said that he intended to ask for a review of the sentences. His grandmother Maureen Shrimpton wrote: "Just a really horrible day. PC Harper's crew-mate described the moment that the officer appeared to fall and slip away from view during a robbery. he did not know PC Harper was attached to the vehicle. 'They had thought through and carefully planned the offence. 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 . [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. When he told the operator he was going outside to stop the thieves, he was told not to - but Mr Wallis continued to refuse. Earlier in the trial, last month, prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC described the moment PC Harper becaame entangled in the tow rope. Eyewitness Jack Whittenham, who had been driving on the A4, described seeing Pc Harper's body being dragged on the road and hitting the curb, before he became detached from the Seat. PC Andrew Harper, 28, was responding to a burglary report on Thursday in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, when he was dragged along the road by a vehicle. 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. Asked if he was home alone, Mr Wallis said: Yeah. [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. 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. 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On August 15 last year, PC Harper attended reports of a quad bike theft in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, at about 11.17pm. 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.. I just knew he was in trouble.". Officers are carrying out house-to-house inquiries, reviewing CCTV footage, interviewing witnesses and conducting forensic examinations, Det Supt Kent added. 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. It's clear he has a catastrophic series of injuries and there's nothing that can be done for him.". [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. The pair were childhood sweethearts and had been in a relationship for 13 years. With the strapping laying loose on the ground, Cole then tried to get into the SEAT car but was unable to, he said. The trio admitted conspiring to steal a quad bike along with Thomas King, 21, from Basingstoke. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 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Their sentences in respect of the manslaughter convictions were not altered. 'With Jessie Cole now in the car, Henry Long drove off at speed, flooring the accelerator to make good their escape. 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. The jury was shown footage of the incident, recorded on a camera attached to the officers' unmarked police car. A MAN has been charged with the murder of PC Andrew Harper as he investigated a burglary in Berkshire last week. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Long had previously admitted the same offence. 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. It would be a virtual certainty,' the prosecutor said. 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. Our love goes to his lovely wife, mum and dad, brother and all of his family and friends. Another read: "Such a shocking, mindless, horrific act of brutality. It looked like a rag doll.". PC Harper, known as Harps, and his colleague PC Andrew Shaw, were in the area in an unmarked police BMW when they responded to the 999 call, more than four hours after their shift was due to end. "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. He was just 28 years of age. "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. 2023 BBC. Cole ran directly past the police car and dived through the backseat passenger window after the officer came close to catching him in the interception at around 11.38pm, jurors were told. "Every aspect of my life since Andrew was taken is bitterly different.". Mr Laidlaw said Pcs Harper and Shaw, in an unmarked BMW, drove onto Admoor Lane where they came face-to-face with the SEAT Toledo, driven by Long. Colleagues only realised it was one of their own who had been killed due to his police uniform, prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said. '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.'. 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