The Latest Breaking News from Pc Harper

Pc Harper’s killers to be excluded from early release scheme – reports

Those convicted of a certain type of manslaughter will no longer be eligible for early release, according to The Telegraph.

Evening Standard · Aug 26

Burnham to report to Parliament on early release scheme in two weeks

Justice Secretary Alex Norris is drawing up plans to ‘maximise public safety and minimise the early release of prisoners’, the Prime Minister said.

Evening Standard · Aug 18

Burnham ‘pushing the system’ to try to stop early release of Pc Harper’s killers

The police officer died in the line of duty in 2019.

Evening Standard · Aug 12

No 10 failure to block Pc Harper killers’ early release ‘indefensible’

A Police Federation boss urged Andy Burnham to ‘listen’ to the public after No 10 resisted pressure to keep Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers behind bars.

Evening Standard · Aug 10

No 10’s failure to block early release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers is ‘indefensible’, says top police officer

While it was reported this week that Andy Burnham was prepared to ‘explore every option’ to keep Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers in jail, Downing Street has since played down the prospect of an imminent carve-out to keep the pair behind bars

The Independent UK · Aug 10