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Thames Valley Police
Jessie Cole, Henry Lengthy and Albert Bowers (L-R) had been convicted of killing PC Harper on the Outdated Bailey
Youngsters jailed for killing a police officer can have their sentences reviewed after claims they have been too lenient.
PC Andrew Harper suffered catastrophic accidents after his ankles acquired caught in a strap connected to a automotive in Berkshire final August.
Driver Henry Lengthy was jailed for 16 years and accomplices Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole for 13 years on Friday.
The Lawyer Basic’s Workplace mentioned it had been requested to overview the sentences.
PC Andrew Harper’s marriage ceremony happened 4 weeks earlier than he was killed
John Howell, who was PC Harper’s MP, mentioned on Friday that he would ask for a overview of the manslaughter sentences.
The MP for Henley mentioned: “The sentences handed down by the choose are very extreme. The query is does the punishment match the crime?”
A spokesperson for the Lawyer Basic’s Workplace mentioned: “I can verify that we now have acquired a request for the instances of Henry Lengthy, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole to be thought of below the unduly lenient sentence scheme. The Legislation Officers have 28 days from sentencing to contemplate the case.”
PC Andrew Harper’s widow Lissie wrote to the prime minister to ask for a retrial after Lengthy, Bowers and Cole have been acquitted of homicide.
In an open letter on Fb, she referred to as for “the retrial that [PC Harper] unquestionably deserves”.
Lengthy, 19, from Mortimer, Studying, pleaded responsible to manslaughter however denied homicide, saying he didn’t know PC Harper was connected to the car.
Bowers, of Moat Shut, Bramley, and Cole, of Paices Hill close to Studying, each 18, admitted they have been passengers, however denied ever seeing the police officer.
Lawyer Basic Suella Braverman will resolve by 28 August if the Court docket of Attraction ought to have a look at the sentences once more.