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He has been dragged just over a mile for 91 seconds before he is dislodged on the other side of the A4. Ten males aged between 13 and 30 have been. Read our, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. Thames Valley Police said on Saturday it had been granted an extra 36 hours to question the suspects. "PC Harper was completely naked at that point, save for his boots and socks. Meanwhile, Long heads towards Ufton Court but gets stuck behind a wedding coach and turns back, forcing PC Bushnell to take evasive action to avoid a head-on collision, the court is told. Henry Long, 18, is on trial for his murder. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Something went wrong, please try again later. Last Friday, three teenagers were convicted of the police officer's manslaughter but cleared of murder.. Newlywed PC Harper, 28, died from catastrophic injuries when he was dragged for more than a mile behind their Seat Toledo car after his ankle was caught in a strap behind the . Police investigating the murder of Pc Andrew Harper, 28, say he died of multiple of injuries. They all admit conspiring to steal the quadbike and Long has admitted to the manslaughter of PC Harper, which the younger boys deny. "So proud of him. He was dragged along the stretch of road at up to 60mph by the SEAT in horrendous circumstances. The court heard he would have been rendered unconscious almost immediately and was unable to free himself. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Long replied: "Because I accept that I killed him from what I was doing, the way I was driving. She said the 10 boys and men had been arrested at council-run caravan and mobile home site, Four Houses Corner, about three miles from where PC Harper died. Officers are carrying out house-to-house inquiries, reviewing CCTV footage, interviewing witnesses and conducting forensic examinations, Det Supt Kent added. He later plead guilty to manslaughter, although the charge was for murder. 'I am not involved in this incident. The court heard how the three defendants had earlier stolen a valuable quad bike from a property in the area, before being intercepted by PC Harper and his colleague PC Andrew Shaw. They avoided murder charges and were instead convicted on manslaughter, pushing widow Lissie Harper to fight for Harper's Law. Bowers and Cole were instead convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter - which Long had previously admitted. Sign up to the Daily Star's newsletter. 'We say that the defendants had gone to Privett House prepared to use serious violence amounting to really serious bodily harm, if the need arose, to effect their plan to steal the quad bike from premises which were occupied and to make good their escape. "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. By PC Harper got out of the car to apprehend Cole, who disconnected the tow rope from the quad bike and dived into the Seat, which had manoeuvred around the police car to escape, jurors heard. The court also heard how driver Jack Whittenham saw the police officer's body attached to the back of the car as it reached the turn off at the A4, who too thought it was a bloodied deer. Earlier, PC Christopher Bushnell had seen PC Harper's body 'tumbling in the road', jurors heard. PC Bushnell, who also saw the SEAT cross the A4, thought the car was towing a deer carcass. Prosecuting, Brian Altman, QC described how two of PC Harper's colleagues, both police dog handlers, were waiting in their cars at the A4 junction after being alerted to what had happened. Long has admitted the manslaughter of the Thames Valley Police officer, but has denied intending to kill him. Jurors were later told that a reconstruction of the way the Seat was driven was carried out by Simon Hall, an investigator from the Transport Research Laboratory at 11.30pm on September 4. He was pictured smirking and laughing along with his friends when they arrived at court. The court also heard of how one witness thought he had seen "the carcass of a bloodied deer" that would later turn out, in fact, to have been PC Harper. A pathologist's report found PC Harper suffered "a very severe injury to the brain" which is "likely to have rendered him unconscious" after his head struck the ground. On Saturday, police and forensic teams searched a caravan and mobile home site, Four Houses Corner, about three miles from where PC Harper died. He was responding to the reported theft of a quad bike from a home near the village of Sulhamstead in Berkshire. 'It is on all the evidence that, in the case of Long, the prosecution invites you to reject any claim he did not realise that he was dragging a policeman in the shape of PC Harper behind that car for over a mile to his inevitable death. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Another witness heard tyres screeching, which jurors were told "sounded like a wheel without a tyre on it". 'Whether you accept that proposition will be a matter for you to decide on the totality of the evidence.'. Andrew Harper suffered "catastrophic" injuries after being dragged behind the vehicle in Berkshire in August. The court heard earlier today how PC Harper was killed when he was dragged along by a car and was thrown around 'like a rag doll'. The jury were also shown footage of the moment PC Harper and PC Shaw intercepted the trio in the moments before the former became entangled in the strapping. He is on trial for murder, along with Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, who were his passengers. "But he did not see what his car had struck. Such were the extent of PC Harper's injuries that an eyewitness said he thought the suspects were towing a deer carcass behind their vehicle. 10:09 GMT 12 Mar 2020. The newly married police officer, 28, suffered "catastrophic" injuries after trying to stop three teenagers stealing a quad bike on August 15 last year. Detective Superintendent Stuart Blaiksaid the defendants had shown no remorse or helped police piece together what happened during the investigation. Henry Long, 18, and two teenage boys, both aged 17, have denied murder but admitted conspiracy to steal a quad bike. PC Harper died from multiple injuries after he responded to reports of a vehicle being stolen and ended up caught in a strap behind the vehicle near Sulhamstead, Berkshire on August 15 last year. A retrial gets under way. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. PC Andrew Harper, 28, was responding to a burglary report on Thursday in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, when he was dragged along the road by a vehicle. The three defendants were arrested later at a nearby travellers' site. He added: 'He had sustained utterly catastrophic injuries.'. PC Andrew Harper died from multiple injuries when he became tangled in a crane strap attached to the boot of a SEAT Toledo while responding to an incident in Berkshire on August 15 last year. One witness in the area at the time described a rope coming from the boot of the Seat attached to what appeared to be "the bloodied carcass of a deer", the court heard. PC Andrew Harper died from multiple injuries when he became tangled in a crane strap attached to the boot of a SEAT Toledo on August 15 last year. Long has admitted manslaughter. ", Another colleague, PC Katherine Darling, who had responded to a radio call for assistance, described seeing blood which was "bright red and running all the way down the centre of the road on tarmac.". "He did not recall seeing any shoes on the body but thought there were dark coloured trousers. , updated We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. RIP mate, love you. All three were standing trial for murder, but the jury found them gui. It is attached to a Seat Toledo by a strap and ridden by Cole. 'The drag effect on both the steering and the handling of the car, and, most significantly, the noise of the mannequin being dragged along the road, meant that its presence behind the vehicle was clear and obvious.'. He described PC Harper as completely naked, save his boots and his socks. It was a decision that was to cost Andrew Harper his life.". "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. Something went wrong, please try again later. Follow updates from the PC Andrew Harper trial sentencing here. "Tragically, at that very moment and still in the act of chasing Jessie Cole down, PC Harper must have quite unwittingly stepped, with both feet, into the loop made of the strapping trailed behind the Seat. Mr Hall concluded that at times Long had steered vigorously from side to side in an attempt to dislodge 'whatever the driver perceived was being dragged by the car', the court heard. PC Harper, known as "Harps" to his colleagues, was part of Thames Valley's Roads Policing Unit, and had been due to work a 10am to 7pm shift that day. On March 4, 2022, I caused to be served the following: ` `a. The gang had cased the property earlier in the day and later returned masked and armed with an axe, crowbars and a length of pipe to use against anyone in their way. You can sign up to receive push notifications, which means you'll always be the first to know what's happening in the area. Long was arrested at the Fendt Diamond caravan site along with one of the 17-year-olds. "With his ankles caught in a strap that was trailing behind a car being driven at speed along a country lane, he was dragged for over a mile along the road surface, swung from side to side like a pendulum in an effort to dislodge him, losing items of his police uniform along the way, with the rest of his uniform being quite literally ripped and stripped from his body. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. ', Mr Altman said: 'His solicitor tried to encourage him to be quiet as the charges were read to him.'. He told them to shut up and put music on. He was still on duty with crew mate PC Andrew Shaw at 11.17pm, and they were driving in an unmarked police BMW fitted with emergency lights. He denied hearing or noticing anything being dragged behind the car. Defence barrister Rossano Scamardella QC said: "You pleaded guilty to manslaughter - why? Police 'shocked and saddened' Video, 00:03:06, Germany: We are no longer reliant on Russian energy, Ukrainian ministers killed in helicopter crash, City asks Madonna if it can borrow her painting, Mafia boss's second hideout found behind wardrobe, Jeremy Renner TV show poster edited after accident, Heathrow beefs up security over cannabis arrests, Keep cake away from office, says food adviser. PC Andrew Harper was "swung like a pendulum" and left nearly naked after being dragged along the road for more than a mile, a court has heard. "Earlier today we sought a 36-hour extension to their detention and this was granted at Reading Magistrates' Court. Andy Efkowitz 33. 'Indeed, their sophisticated planning even extended to the car. Jurors were told they had been trying to escape police, having been caught in the act of stealing the bike from Bradfield Southend at 11.17pm. Mr Altman added: 'These three went on a criminal expedition that August night to steal a new, high value quad bike. opened the case against the three teenagers at the Old Bailey in London on Tuesday (June 23). On August 15 last year, PC Harper attended reports of a quad bike theft in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, at about 11.17pm. Thames Valley PC Andrew Harper was "swung from side to side like a pendulum" and "died totally naked" after he was dragged down a country lane behind a speeding car, the Old Bailey heard this morning. They allegedly dumped the 10,000 bike but pulled PC Harper, who had become trapped around the ankles, for over a mile after roaring down Lambdens Hill, a country lane in Bradfield Southend, Bekshire. The trial continues and is due to last up to five weeks. The second day of the Old Bailey trial heard PC Andrew Harper's colleague found him 'barely alive' after he had been dragged behind a car with an eyewitness at first thinking the suspects were towing a deer carcass. Opening the case, prosecutor Brian Altman QC told the jury: "Andrew Harper, a serving police constable of Thames Valley Police, was killed in truly shocking circumstances. 'While PC Christopher Bushnell gave chase in a Mitsubishi Outlander, PC Kemp pulled over and got out of his car. He was given the same sentence as Bowers, 13 years behind bars. Mr Kemp said: 'As the SEAT crossed the A4, PC Kemp saw what he thought was strapping trailing from the vehicle, and, as he turned into Ufton Lane, he saw what he thought were ratchet straps in the road. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow updates from the PC Andrew Harper trial. The Driver. The Old Bailey trial heard Henry Long, 19, drove at an average speed of 42.5mph along the Admoor Lane in Berkshire, near Reading, on the evening of August 15 last year, in such a fashion that the stricken officer was "swung side-to-side like a pendulum in an effort to dislodge him". 'I was with my auntie Sammi Jo and her husband Sammy Smith. Meanwhile, the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter, is directed to the nearby Four Houses Corner travellers' site in search of the suspects. When PC Harper was found lying in the road, he was breathing but the pattern was reflexive and 'was that of a deeply unconscious individual'. 12:13 GMT 11 Mar 2020 Read about our approach to external linking. "He died totally naked apart from his socks and boots, and some shredded remnants of the trousers he was wearing. I had been outside just for a cigarette but otherwise had not left. Pc Harper was killed in August while investigating a burglary, The Thames Valley police officer with his wife Lissie at the couple's wedding just four weeks ago (AP), A police officer lays flowers at the scene, Thames Valley police officer killed while investigating burglary, You must be at least 18 years old to create an account, Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number, I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Evening Standard. The prosecution argue that the three defendants knew PC Harper was being dragged behind them and that Long drove in a manner that suggests he was trying to dislodge the police officer, while Cole and Bower "actively encouraged" him. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Relatives of PC Harper have also paid tribute on social media to the "loveliest person that you will ever meet". Germany: We are no longer reliant on Russian energy, Ukrainian ministers killed in helicopter crash, City asks Madonna if it can borrow her painting, Mafia boss's second hideout found behind wardrobe, Jeremy Renner TV show poster edited after accident, Heathrow beefs up security over cannabis arrests, Keep cake away from office, says food adviser. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. "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.". This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Prosecutor Brian Altman QC said the 28-year-old officer was found completely naked, save for his boots and socks. Chief Constable John Campbell said the death of PC Harper had left the entire force "shocked and saddened". At the time of the charges Long said: "I don't give a f*** about any of this.". Ten. Mr Laidlaw said: "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.". Read about our approach to external linking. "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. The suspects' Seat made off after the stricken officer became detached, with PC Bushnell in pursuit. PC Katherine Darling responding to the radio call for assistance and PC Paul South, both described seeing blood trails on the road. A brave man protecting us all and just doing his job.". Several members of PC Harper's family were in court as the prosecution case opened. One witness who saw him being dragged along, Jack Whittenham, mistakenly thought he had seen an injured deer. The Thames Valley Police officer was dragged along the road for more than a mile, Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking news delivered direct to your inbox. 10 boys . He attended a suspected burglary with a colleague at 11.30pm on Thursday, August 15, 2019. PC Warren Mason said he did not see any reaction in the eyes of the two. PC Andrew Harper, a rapid response officer with the force's roads and traffic command. Three teenagers have been convicted of killing Pc Andrew Harper as they evaded arrest. 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