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PC Andrew Harper: Widow Lissie Harper ‘wants real justice’

PC Andrew Harper: Widow Lissie Harper ‘wants real justice’
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Media captionLissie Harper said she was “totally surprised and disappointed” at the manslaughter verdict

The widow of PC Andrew Harper has said it was “heartbreaking” to be denied “real justice” over his death.

Lissie Harper, 29, said people had been outraged after jurors cleared three men of the police officer’s murder after a trial at the Old Bailey in July.

She has launched a campaign for killers of emergency workers to face mandatory life sentences.

PC Harper’s killers had been accused of murder but were convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter.

PC Harper, 28, suffered catastrophic injuries when he was dragged behind a getaway car in Berkshire last August.

Driver Henry Long, 19, was jailed for 16 years while passengers Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, both 18, were sentenced to 13 years each.

Mrs Harper said she had received “many messages from people who are outraged” since the verdicts and sentences were handed down.

Image copyright Lissie Harper
Image caption The last picture of Mr and Mrs Harper was taken four days before the officer died

‘Awful journey’

Her experience of court, which included reading a victim impact statement to a judge, and the “disappointing” result has inspired her campaign.

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“One of the hardest things was speaking in court,” she said.

“I had the defendants on my left not really caring what I was saying but I felt it important to speak directly to the judge and tell him what they’d taken from us.

“We had the sense that, although it was going to be an awful and long journey, that at the end of it we might at least get some justice for Andrew.

“Having to endure a trial like that is really hard, so at the end of it to not get any real justice is heartbreaking.”

Image copyright Lissie Harper
Image caption PC Harper and Lissie had been together since they were at secondary school

“The moment I realised it wasn’t an accident was pivotal for me. And the anger built from that moment until the court case.


“It wasn’t until I was looking at them in the eye that I felt the disgrace and just how unfair it is.”

She added: “They knew what they had taken away and the effect that it’s had on so many people.

“They could hear my words so if even on the outside they may not show any sort of remorse I hope that in some way they feel the guilt inside they should feel.”

Image copyright Thames Valley Police
Image caption Jessie Cole, Henry Long and Albert Bowers (L-R) were convicted of killing PC Harper

The killers’ sentences prompted Mrs Harper and PC Harper’s mother Deborah Adlam to launch campaigns calling for killers of emergency service workers to face mandatory life sentences.

Mrs Harper’s campaign, which has been renamed Harper’s Law, calls for all “criminals convicted of killing a police officer, firefighter, nurse, doctor, prison officer or paramedic to be jailed for life. No ifs. No buts”.

She said: “I think that it’s time now to make this change. A lot of people are not pleased with a lot of our laws but this in particular has affected everyone.”

Mrs Harper, whose campaign has been backed by the Police Federation of England and Wales, said the justice system was “broken” and it needed “Harper’s Law to help fix it”.

Image copyright Family handout
Image caption Lissie Harper said the general public had been outraged by the outcome of the trial

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