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Burnham tells justice secretary to find way to stop release of PC Harper's killers
Alex Norris will review options to keep more serious offenders in prison as pressure mounts over the planned release of Pc Harper’s killers.
- Justice Secretary Alex Norris is reviewing options to keep a greater number of serious offenders, including the killers of PC Andrew Harper, behind bars following a Prime Minister request.
- Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers were sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter in 2020 and are set for release in January under the Sentencing Act, which reduced minimum prison terms for many offenders earlier this year.
- More than 880,000 people signed a petition opposing their release, while the 2019 crime involved Cole and Bowers dragging PC Harper down a road in Sulhamstead, Berkshire during a quad bike theft.
- Downing Street said on Monday it was "not possible" to exclude "one or two offenders" because manslaughter of an emergency worker is "not a standalone offence," creating legal barriers to exemption.
- The Prime Minister has tasked the Justice Secretary with presenting a plan to Parliament to keep serious offenders imprisoned, seeking to prevent prison capacity collapse while addressing Harper's killers.
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thisisoxfordshire.co.ukBurnham 'increasingly confident' he can keep PC Harper's killers behind bars
The Prime Minister said he's 'increasingly confident' the Abingdon police officer's killers will be kept in prison.
·Oxford, United Kingdom
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Bucks HeraldPrime Minister offers hope to Andrew Harper's family with latest update on killers' early release
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he has ‘not accepted that it is impossible to do more’, in response to the public outcry over the potential early release of the killers of Thames Valley Police officer Andrew Harper.
·Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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Andy Burnham Reverses Position on Early Release of PC Andrew Harper’s Killers
Internewscast Journal Internewscast Andy Burnham has shifted his position following an intense wave of public… This Post: Andy Burnham Reverses Position on Early Release of PC Andrew Harper’s Killers first appeared on Internewscast Journal
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Rother Radio - Rotherham & Sheffield's Best Variety of Hits!‘Solution identified’ to prevent early release of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers
Pc Harper was fatally injured in Berkshire in 2019.
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