Widow of PC Harper ‘beyond appalled’ husband’s killers to be released

The widow of police constable Andrew Harper has said she is “beyond appalled” and “bristling with anger” after learning two of her husband’s killers will be allowed to be released from prison early.Pc Harper, 28, was working for Thames Valley Police when he sustained fatal injuries while responding to a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, in 2019. He was caught in a strap attached to the back of a car and dragged down a winding country road as the three teenage suspects fled the scene of the burglary.Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole were jailed for 13 years in 2020 for manslaughter over his killing. But it is understood the pair will be eligible for early release under a new government scheme, despite Andy Burnham’s decision to bar some of the most serious sex offenders from qualifying