Three teenagers are on trial at the Old Bailey accused of murder over an incident in Berkshire last August. 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. [20] On 19 August, the 20-year-old was charged with murder. 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. 'With Jessie Cole now in the car, Henry Long drove off at speed, flooring the accelerator to make good their escape. Long had previously admitted the same offence. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Pc Shaw turned his vehicle around, expecting to find PC Harper waiting for him. Pc Harper joined as a special constable in 2010 before becoming a police officer a year later, serving in the Roads Policing Proactive Unit based at Abingdon Police Station. In the first brief comments from the family, Philip Harper said: "We're absolutely devastated and we're in a bad place.". Jurors were shown harrowing footage of the incident recorded on camera attached to the officers unmarked BMW patrol car. '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. One tribute, accompanied by an image of PC Harper smiling with a friend, said: "Harps, I am truly gutted. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. His fellow officers "desperately tried to save him" but he had. However, how he came to be between the vehicle in the first place is unknown at this point. I sincerely hope that IF convicted the judge involved throws the book at him and jails him for the rest of his life. 2023 BBC. Finally, our thoughts remain with Andrews friends, family and colleagues.. 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. [3][11][12] At 23:28, Shaw and Harper happened upon a SEAT Toledo towing the stolen quad bike on Admoor Lane near Bradfield Southend. Judge Mr Justice Edis ruled it necessary to put measures in place to ensure the jury was not intimidated, even though the risk was "low". 'He was barely alive and PC Harper died soon after where he lay in Ufton Lane in the company of fellow officers who had tried desperately to save him. hometown of Wallingford in Oxfordshire decorated shop windows with ribbons representing the "thin blue line". As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. [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. 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. Love from Nan and Bubba xxx". The trio admitted conspiring to steal a quad bike along with Thomas King, 21, from Basingstoke. 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. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. [27] All three defendants denied murder. Pc Harper was pulled. They came round earlier and now theyre at my property in Stanford Dingley.. 'Of one thing the prosecution will say you can be sure is this: at whatever the cost, these three defendants were quite determined that they should get away without being caught.'. Colleagues of PC Andrew Harper will be giving evidence on day four of his murder trial at the Old Bailey. According to Long, the passengers were shouting to "go this way, go that way, slow down." He told them to shut up and put music on . He was just 28 years of age. 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. 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PC Harper's crew-mate described the moment that the officer appeared to fall and slip away from view during a robbery. Pc Shaw told jurors: I thought maybe he slipped on something. 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. [2], On 18 September, 18-year-old Henry Long and 17-year-olds Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole were charged with murder. Is it time Harry & Meghan accept Clarkson's apology and move on? [24][25] On 19 September, the Crown Prosecution Service said that they had discontinued the case against a fifth defendant, a 20-year-old who had previously been charged with the murder. You can be satisfied I am now a shadow of the person I once was. Mrs Harper said "the messages, support and kind words" had been "overwhelming". 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. Despite their shift ending, PC Harper and his colleague PC Andrew Shaw responded to Mr Wallis's report. In the weeks following, PC Harper's widow and family members led a "Ride of Respect" involving thousands of motorcyclists, while 20,000 epaulettes and badges from around the world were used to create a 55ft (17m) long mural. The 12 men and women were accompanied by barristers, the trial judge and members of the press for the trip held under strict social distancing rules. 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.". The A4 Bath road was also closed again yesterday (August 17) while police officers carried out searches. In July 2020, three teenage males were found guilty of manslaughter and received sentences of 16 and 13 years imprisonment. Their sentences in respect of the manslaughter convictions were not altered. Grieving officers lay tributes for killed newlywed colleague Pc Andrew Harper. Mark White Home affairs correspondent @skymarkwhite Monday 30 November 2020 17:47, UK 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. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Harper, the passenger of the BMW, alighted the police vehicle and ran to the suspects' vehicle. As news broke of the 28-year-old's death, a wave of grief and love spread across the country for the officer, who had recently married his childhood sweetheart Lissie. 'The officer would be killed. It looked like a rag doll.. But they're not taking my damn bike. Read about our approach to external linking. 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. 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Long has admitted manslaughter but denies intending to harm the 28-year-old officer. 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. 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. Mr Wallis told the Thames Valley Police operator: "I've got four masked men outside my house and they've got weapons. The newlyweds had been looking forward to their honeymoon in the Maldives. In August 2019, PC Andrew Harper was just 28 years old and almost one month in to his marriage to new wife Lissie, the love of his life and his partner for the previous 13 years. Read about our approach to external linking. Colleagues only realised it was one of their own who had been killed due to his police uniform, prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said. "Andrew was such a good man, a brave, a caring person, funny and uplifting. [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. His wife described him . [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. 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. 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. PC Andrew Harper: Police officer's father backs call for life sentences for killers of emergency service workers, Two of PC Harper's killers launch appeals against their convictions, PC Andrew Harper's widow says he would have been proud of her for calling for law change, The operator told him officers were on their way, saying: "You can't go out there if they've got a weapon, you are going to be hurt. "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.". [34] On 24 July, the three defendants were cleared of murder. [24], The murder trial, presided over by Mr. Justice Andrew Edis, began at the Old Bailey on 10 March 2020. They were acquitted on the charge of murder. Subscribe to one or all notification sources from this one place. 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! 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.". (3) Bowers and Cole's applications for permission to appeal against their convictions. and Mr Laidlaw said Long drove at an average speed of at least 42.5mph down the windy road. [5][28][29], The trial was temporarily suspended on 17 and 18 March as a member of the jury was unwell. Chef, Sarah and Harry.". Bowers was in the car as a passenger when PC Harper was killed. 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". Media reported that in total, 10 males aged between 13 and 30 had been arrested. Police search the scene, where Thames Valley Police officer Pc Andrew Harper, 28, died following a 'serious incident'. The first stop was the Bull Inn, where the defendants were allegedly spotted before a first failed attempt to steal the quad bike. Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Barber, said he had received messages from members of the public whom PC Harper had helped. The court convoy was flanked by police cars and more officers lined the curb of the busy A4, which was temporarily closed to allow the jury to cross. "We are shocked and saddened by the death of our colleague". 'With his ankles caught in a strap that was trailing behind a car being driven along a country lane, he was dragged at speed for over a mile along the road surface, swung from side to side like a pendulum in an effort to dislodge him. "Feet whipped forward and you land on your back - that's how Harps fell," PC Shaw said. Photographs of the pair on their wedding day at Ardington House, a Georgian manor in Oxfordshire, have been released. "They came round earlier and now they're at my property in Stanford Dingley.". The Seat driver, Henry Long, 19, and passengers Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, both 18, from near Reading, are charged with his murder. NSW ZEALAND CASUALTIES. Mrs Harper said her husband was the "kindest, loveliest, most selfless person you will ever meet". 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. Ten males aged between 13 and 30 have been. Reply 21 13 slipperman GCM '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.'. 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. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? PC Andrew Harper died after being struck with a car as he attended a burglary report three weeks ago. 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. It will be obvious to you all that none of the defendants could possibly have intended that that should happen. I quickly realised it was a person. In July 2020, three teenage males were found guilty of manslaughter and received sentences of 16 and 13 years imprisonment. PC Andrew Harper, 28, was dragged to his death by a car in Berkshire, prosecutors say 'The report, which was made by the homeowner, Peter Wallis, indicated that three or four masked and. Detective Supt Ailsa Kent added: "I can confirm that the males were arrested from a local authority-run caravan and mobile home site, Four Houses Corner, in Reading Road near Burghfield Common. Det Supt Kent said it remained unclear how PC Harper "came to be out of his vehicle and then caught under the suspect vehicle". [44], On 27 October 2019, 5,000 motorcyclists took part in a "ride of respect" between RAF Benson and Abingdon Airfield. ROLL OF HONOUR. PC Andrew Harper was dragged behind a car after responding to a reported quad bike theft in August 2019 (Picture: PA) Henry Long, 19, has admitted the manslaughter of the Thames Valley Police. Witness Jack Whittenham, who was driving on the same road at the time, described seeing the body of PC Harper being dragged along the road and hitting the curb, before becoming detached from the vehicle. [3] He was educated at The Henley College, where he showed an ambition for joining the police. She said the teenagers who were found not guilty of murder "took more than one life away that day, they stole the person I used to be". His funeral was. He then learned that another officer had reported a body in the road near the A4. It's clear he has a catastrophic series of injuries and there's nothing that can be done for him.". I cant begin to tell you how we feel. 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. This has been impossible for us to get our heads around. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? he did not know PC Harper was attached to the vehicle. The defendants have admitted conspiring to steal the quad bike but have denied Pc Harper's murder. He said: 'The snaking trail of marks, abrasion and scuff marks, blood and body matter left behind on the road surface, as well as the clothing that was ripped from PC Harper as he was dragged to his death, illustrates that a deliberate attempt was made to dislodge him from the strap. [9], At 23:17 on 15 August 2019, Thames Valley Police received a 999 call from a property near Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, reporting a burglary-in-progress and theft of a quad bike. Ten males aged between 13 and 30 have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Mr Laidlaw said all three defendants should have known the consequences of their actions. 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. 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. 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