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 inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyle“A solution has been identified” to stop PC Andrew Harper’s killers from walking free from prison early, Housing Minister Sally Jameson has suggested. Communities Secretary Angela Rayner says the government will set out details of the plan when Parliament returns in September. Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who were sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter in 2020 following PC Harper's death in 2019, are currently due for early release in January. Downing Street previously said that it was not possible to exclude individual offenders, but said it was reviewing options following public outcry and a petition signed by over 880,000 people. The early release scheme, part of measures to tackle prison overcrowding, currently excludes those convicted of rape, serious child sex offences, and grooming.In fullBurnham asks justice secretary to find way to keep PC Andrew Harper’s killers in jailMore 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 Andrew Harper, a 28-year-old police officer, was killed in August 2019 after responding to reports of a stolen quad bike in Berkshire.

Downing Street said it was 'not possible' to exempt 'one or two offenders' convicted of manslaughter amid an outcry at the possibility of Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers being freed.