Police Federation threatens legal action over early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers

Aileen O'Connor, who chairs the Police Federation, said the decision to release Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers — convicted of PC Andrew Harper's manslaughter — under the early release scheme would anger and demoralise serving officers

Aileen O’Connor, chair of Thames Valley Police’s Police Federation, said the decision would anger and demoralise serving officers.

Aileen O’Connor, chair of Thames Valley Police’s Police Federation, said the decision would anger and demoralise serving officers.

No free pass ANDY Burnham’s handling of Labour’s disastrous early release scheme is his first major mistake since entering No10. The PM waded in to pause the prison plan amid outrage at the decision to set free two killers of PC Andrew Harper. By personally intervening, Burnham understandably raised hopes that he was a

Justice secretary 'deeply sorry' PC Harper's killers could be released early  ITVX

Andy Burnham's early release U-turn is a con and a betrayal of PC Harper's memory  GB News

Dana Carr, 27, is set to be free by Christmas after being jailed in December 2023 for allowing the death of two-year-old Maya Chappell.

Katherine Errington has urged the Prime Minister to look at individual cases before freeing criminals responsible for heinous offences

CAMPAIGNERS warned the government on Tuesday that its early release scheme will only buy it “a little time” before the system runs out of cells again. The Howard League for Prison Reform said plans to release some 5,000 inmates early under sentencing changes to tackle overcrowded jails will do “nothing to head off futu

The FIFA president is under huge pressure to keep his job following global backlash to his World Cup plans

PC Andrew Harper, who was 28 when he was killed, and his wife Lissie (Picture: PA) Two men who were passengers in the car when PC Andrew Harper was killed in 2019 will be released early from prison. Uproar over the potential for Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole’s early release led to Prime Minister Andy Burnham pausing th

Police federation to 'throw everything' at legal challenge as PC Andrew Harper's killers still set for early release  lbc.co.uk

Government revises plans to tackle prison overcrowding amid pressure from MPs and victims but domestic abusers and killers could still be released early The prime minister, Andy Burnham, said on Tuesday that he would delay the planned early release of thousands of prisoners across England and Wales by a month until Oct

Rapists to be blocked from early release— but not PC Andrew Harper’s killers  The Times

Rapists and child sex offenders will be barred from the scheme, which will restart in October, the government says.

Lissie Harper said she is 'bristling with anger'Abbie Llewelyn, Press Association political staff and Ethan Davies00:36, 04 Aug 2026PC Andrew Harper's widow has slammed Andy Burnham over allowing her husband's killers to walk free from prison after the Prime Minister delayed plans to stop early jail releases.‌Lissie Ha

The new PM said he 'wanted to go even further' with the prison release scheme but has delayed the move

The Prime Minister has delayed plans to stop early prison releases, which means the men who killed PC Andrew Harper in the line of duty will be able to walk out of jail

The widow of PC Andrew Harper, who was killed in the line of duty, has accused Andy Burnham of 'betrayal' after it was revealed that two of her husband's killers remain eligible for early release.

UEFA threatens Gianni Infantino with legal action over World Cup sell-off plan - sources  ESPN

Uefa has sent a legal letter to Fifa after Infantino’s World Cup sell-off proposal was scrapped

The FIFA chief's plan to privatize part of the World Cup's commercial operations sparked a major backlash in Brussels.

European football’s governing body weighs its reaction to withdrawn plan to sell stake to investors

UEFA has demanded all documents related to FIFA's plans to sell a minority stake in the World Cup not be destroyed.