Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTwo of PC Andrew Harper’s killers, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, could be released early from prison under a government scheme aimed at tackling overcrowding. Bowers and Cole were sentenced to 13 years in 2020 for the manslaughter of PC Harper, who died in 2019 while responding to a quad bike theft in Berkshire. PC Harper’s mother, Debbie Adlam, described the potential early release as an “insult beyond anything able to be put into words” after being informed by the Ministry of Justice. The government’s early release scheme allows some prisoners to serve 40 per cent of their sentence in prison, rather than the previous 50 per cent, due to projected increases in the incarcerated population. PC Harper’s widow, Lissie Harper, previously campaigned for Harper’s Law, which introduced mandatory life sentences for those who kill emergency workers on duty. In fullTwo of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers could be ‘released from prison early’ under Labour schemeMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

PC Harper’s mother said that the letter from the Ministry of Justice was an ‘insult beyond anything able to be put into words’

Albert Bowes and Jessie Cole will be eligible to walk free after serving just half their sentences under the government's early release scheme.

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Pc Andrew Harper was killed after he was trapped and dragged down a country road as suspects fled the scene of a burglary, now his suspects may be eligible for early release

It comes after widespread outrage at the early release of two of the perpetrators in the killing of PC Harper

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Lissie Harper said the support she received from politicians in the wake of her husband's death felt 'forgotten' after it emerged two of her husband PC Andrew Harper's killers may…

New PM says the main perpetrator in the killing of PC Andrew Harper will now ‘not be subject to early release’ and he will also review ‘whole policy’

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A witness who saw PC Andrew Harper's body being dragged behind a car in August 2019 mistook it for a bloodied deer carcass, such was the gravity of the young officer's injuries.

Lissie Harper spoke out after it emerged that two of her husband PC Andrew Harper's killers are due to be freed early.