The killing of PC Andrew Harper in 2019 still has the power to shock. Here was a young officer carrying out his duty by investigating a burglary in Berkshire. There were three teenagers involved, and when PC Harper and his colleague tried to apprehend them, the former ended up being dragged behind a car for a mile.
The killers were acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter. It was a crime so heinous, and their remorse so lacking, that it led to the introduction of “Harper’s Law”, which imposes a life sentence for anyone convicted of killing an emergency worker.
