'You will want to ask what else can sensibly explain the manner of his driving? Jurors have been told the case is being re-tried after the original trial, which began in February, was abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic. 'It ended with the killing of a young police officer. No. Thomas King, 21, of Lane End, Bramley, Hants, earlier admitted conspiring to steal the same quad bike belonging to Peter Wallace and will be sentenced on a date to be fixed. 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. On August 15 last year, PC Harper attended reports of a quad bike theft in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, at about 11.17pm. Mr Altman said: 'For the fourth part of the reconstruction, a mannequin of a similar weight to PC Harper, wearing police uniform and equipment, was attached via a strap tied to the nearside boot hinge, and dragged along the route using the same Seat. 'They were gloved up, masked up and we suggest you might conclude, on this second occasion, quite deliberately tooled-up to meet with serious violence, if necessary, any challenge by anyone. They were determined to succeed, having been thwarted once already. 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Andrew Harper suffered "catastrophic" injuries after being dragged behind the vehicle in Berkshire in August. "But he did not see what his car had struck. It means Long has driven at an average speed of 42.5mph, the court is told. Henry Long, 18, from Mortimer, Reading, and two 17-year-olds, who cannot be named for legal reasons, all deny murdering the Thames Valley Police officer. 'During the night-time sortie, we know the brake and rear side lights had been deliberately disabled to effect an escape in the dark along unlit country lanes. The officer who was with him, PC Andrew Shaw, likened the moment he was dragged away to when a water-skier loses his footing and is whipped forward before he lands on his back. 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. Henry Long, 18, of Mortimer, Reading, and two 17-year-old boys deny murder. 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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. 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'While PC Christopher Bushnell gave chase in a Mitsubishi Outlander, PC Kemp pulled over and got out of his car. Andrew Harper, 28, suffered "utterly catastrophic" injuries as he was dragged to his death in Berkshire last August, a court has heard. The officer on duty with PC Harper was not physically injured but is being given emotional support, Thames Valley Police said. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Pc Harper and his crew mate PC Andrew Shaw are on the M4 in a BMW car. The newly married police officer, 28, suffered "catastrophic" injuries after trying to stop three teenagers stealing a quad bike on August 15 last year. Andy Efkowitz 33. He first did a test run with three colleagues in the Seat, pulling a mannequin of the same weight of Pc Harper behind, then swerving to follow the pattern thought to have been followed by Long on August 15. PC Warren Mason said he did not see any reaction in the eyes of the two. PC Andrew Harper's body was so bloodied after being dragged to his death his colleagues thought it was a deer carcass, a court has heard. PC Harpers ankles got caught in a tow rope attached to the suspects' getaway car. He denied hearing or noticing anything being dragged behind the car. "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. "In respect of our investigation, we are interviewing those in custody, carrying out house-to-house inquiries, obtaining and reviewing CCTV footage, undertaking extensive forensic examination and taking witness statements. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Find out how you can get the latest news from BerkshireLive delivered straight to your inbox. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Cole is on foot behind the Seat. I have never been to a house yesterday looking at Quad bikes. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. 'He saw the whole body striking the kerb on the other side of the road.'. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? The officer followed the car into Ufton Lane and it sped away when he illuminated his blue lights. He was pictured smirking and laughing along with his friends when they arrived at court. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. PC Andrew Harper was responding to a reported theft four hours past the end of his shift when his ankles got caught in a tow rope attached to the suspects' getaway car. He was dragged along the stretch of road at up to 60mph by the SEAT in horrendous circumstances. He had just left his vehicle when he was struck by a car at a country crossroads, close to Sulhamstead and the A4 Bath Road between Reading and Newbury. Police investigating the murder of Pc Andrew Harper, 28, say he died of multiple of injuries. Mr Campbell said Pc Harper joined the force as a special constable in 2010 before becoming a police officer a year later, serving in the Roads Policing Proactive Unit based at Abingdon Police Station. 10 boys and men aged between 13 and 30 were arrested on suspicion of murder and police have now been granted a 36-hour extension to continue questioning them. This has been impossible for us to get our heads around. Bespectacled Thomas King, 21, of Bramley, Hampshire, earlier admitted conspiring to steal the same quad bike belonging to Peter Wallace and will be sentenced on a date to be fixed. The defendants are arrested in the early hours. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. The officer who was with him, PC Andrew Shaw, likened the moment he was dragged away by the SEAT vehicle to when a water-skier loses his footing and is whipped forward before landing on his back. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. When Long was arrested after repeatedly lying to police in a series of interviews. 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. During the trial, Bowers fell asleep as the prosecutor showed footage of Harper's ordeal. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. 10:09 GMT 12 Mar 2020. A brave young police officer was killed "in the line of duty" in "truly shocking circumstances" as he attempted to stop three teenagers from stealing a quad bike, a trial has heard. Even though PC Harper was breathing when he was found in the road, his injuries were unsurvivable and he was pronounced dead at the scene at 11.45pm. Two teenagers, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also stand accused of murder and all three have already admitted conspiracy to steal a quad bike in relation to the incident. Mr Campbell said Pc Harper was a "highly regarded, popular member of the team", adding: "Everybody I've spoken to about Andrew talked about the incredible personality he was, what a fantastic police officer, and what a great friend and man he was, and he'll be sorely missed by everybody. "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," Mr Altman said. PC Andrew Harper had such 'horrific' and 'catastrophic' injuries on the night of his death that his colleague did not recognise him, a court has heard. He was given the same sentence as Bowers, 13 years behind bars. "He was clearly a man who, in his short time, touched many lives," Mr Barber added. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Three teenagers have been convicted of killing Pc Andrew Harper as they evaded arrest. 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. "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. 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'. The bike had been wheeled away and fixed to the car boot with a crane strap which was wound around the handlebars. Pc Harper, 28, died from his injuries when he was caught in a strap attached to the back of a car and dragged down a winding country road as the trio fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, on the night of August 15 2019. Mr Laidlaw said the thieves were determined to take the vehicle "whatever the cost", having been disturbed earlier in the day. He had just left. 'This evidence further demonstrates the defendants' determination to escape and not get caught at all costs.'. '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. He was driving a car at "breakneck speed" which swung PC Andrew Harper "like a pendulum" along a country lane on August 15, 2019. 'And in the glare of those blue and white emergency lights and the police car's rear lights, the 17-year-old could have been in no doubt whatsoever that he was feet and indeed just seconds away from being apprehended by a policeman in uniform by the courageous PC Harper as is obvious by the 17-year-old having to jump through a window to get into the SEAT car to flee. Mr Long, the car's driver, and two 17-year-olds deny murder. Cole unhitched the bike and dived through a passenger window to escape the hero cop who had got out of the unmarked BMW police car. Cole runs past the police car, pursued by PC Harper, and dives through the Seat passenger window, the Old Bailey is told. "He quickly realised it was someone trapped by both ankles with arms flailing around, as he described it, like a rag doll, being dragged around the road. 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. 'What they had discovered when they first attempted to steal the quad bike at Privett House was a man who was not scared to challenge them. Cole was also a passenger in the car at the time. They are confronted by Mr Wallis and leave empty-handed. 'So, we say all the defendants are guilty, not just of conspiracy to steal, which as you know they have all accepted, but also of murder. 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Det Supt Kent said it remained unclear how PC Harper "came to be out of his vehicle and then caught under the suspect vehicle". Relatives described the day as a "dream wedding". 11.42pm: The NPAS helicopter reports seeing, using thermal imaging, the apparently abandoned "very, very hot" Seat on the site with people standing around another car in an adjacent plot. Sustained a laceration of the forehead and a shoulder injury and a passenger in the machine Erma Bodner 24, received a Back injury and lacerations of both Knees both were admitted to Uniontown Hospital. Having unhitched the quad bike, he tries to get back in the Seat. PC Harper was dragged for about a mile and after he became detached from the vehicle in a country lane near Sulhamstead, Berkshire, several officers tried to save him. 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 17-year-olds admit conspiracy to steal but deny murder. Pc Andrew Harper, 26, was killed on the A4 Bath Road between Reading and Newbury last night. PC Andrew Harper's body was so bloodied after being dragged to his death his colleagues thought it was a deer carcass, a court has heard. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Chief Constable John Campbell said the death of PC Harper had left the entire force "shocked and saddened". A man charged with the murder of PC Andrew Harper told police he wasn't there because he was watching Fast and Furious, a court has heard. Menu Home; Rankings. 2023 BBC. The trial continues and is due to last up to five weeks. "PC Harper was completely naked at that point, save for his boots and socks. He added: 'He had sustained utterly catastrophic injuries.'. 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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. The Old Bailey today heard how the Thames Valley police constable desperately flailed his arms "like a rag doll" after he became tangled in a loading strap attached to their getaway car. A teenager has pleaded guilty to killing a newly-wed police officer but has denied murder. I went bed I think around 10.30pm. The court heard that PC Harper had been responding to reports of a break in before events that night spiralled out of control. PC Kluger and other officers used a defibrillator to try to save PC Harper and he "said something like: 'Stay with me, buddy, the ambulance will be here soon and they'll sort you out'". ", 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.". 'At 5pm I can't remember exactly where I was but I got to 4 Houses caravan site about 8.30pm and I stayed there all evening until police came and arrested me. A judge convicted the three teenagers of the manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper on July 24 2020. Accident compensation Downes, T. Antony, "French lessons on motor accident compensation", 173-190, in the volume honouring Dowrick, F. E. Sugarman, Stephen D., "Personal injury and social policy: institutional and ideological alternatives", 290-304, in the volume honouring Fleming, John G. (2) Sign up to the Daily Star's newsletter. View our online Press Pack. "He described his injuries [as] utterly catastrophic injuries. Mr Altman said the three teenagers knew they had been stopped by the police. Read about our approach to external linking. Mr Laidlaw said: "Going beyond the call of duty, as it were, would cost Andrew Harper his life.". Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. Follow updates from the PC Andrew Harper trial sentencing here. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. The vehicles stop, facing each other around 5 metres apart. 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Bowers was in the car as a passenger when PC Harper was killed. Long also admits manslaughter. 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 Harper's alleged killers drove straight at a police car in their bid 'not to get caught at all costs', jurors heard. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. PC Andrew Harper, a rapid response officer with the force's roads and traffic command. PC Harper's colleagues have been laying floral tributes at the scene, with one message describing the officer as "Thames Valley's finest". PC Andrew Harper: Prosecutors explain circumstances of death. He described PC Harper as completely naked, save his boots and his socks. 11.28pm: The officers get a first glimpse of the Seat headlights approaching their car in Admoor Lane. Ten males aged between 13 and 30 have been. Detective Superintendent Ailsa Kent of the Major Crime Unit said: "Our complex investigation into the death of PC Andrew Harper continues and I want to take this opportunity to provide an. The court heard the defendants had made off with the expensive Honda quad bike, secured to their Seat Toledo getaway car by a tow rope tied around its handlebars, but came face-to-face with the police on Admoor Lane. He later plead guilty to manslaughter, although the charge was for murder. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. He thought the rope was wrapped a couple of times around both feet of the body, which was being dragged along by the vehicle. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. 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. Meanwhile, the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter, is directed to the nearby Four Houses Corner travellers' site in search of the suspects. An officer has shared the moment he made the "gruesome discovery" of PC Andrew Harper who was lying gravely injured in a country lane. 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 Old Bailey heard a statement from PC Simon Pink who said he knew 28-year-old PC Harper but "from the injuries I saw I could not recognise him". They all admit conspiring to steal the quadbike and Long has admitted to the manslaughter of PC Harper, which the younger boys deny. He had sustained utterly catastrophic injuries. He is dragged away as Long accelerates off, jurors are told. He remembered saying the word "body" out loud but did not know whether this was transmitted.". 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. The officer was "barely alive" but died at the scene a short time later. Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, described how PC Harper was "lassoed around his ankles" and dragged at an average of more than 42mph for just over a mile. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. You can opt-out at any time by signing in to your account to manage your preferences. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. 'I was with my auntie Sammi Jo and her husband Sammy Smith. Chief Constable John Campbell said Pc Harper was at the scene with a fellow officer and was out of his police car when the incident took place. Jurors were told that the quad bike theft had been a "carefully planned" criminal enterprise. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 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PC Andrew Harper, a rapid response officer with the forces roads and traffic command. "Earlier today we sought a 36-hour extension to their detention and this was granted at Reading Magistrates' Court. A domestic violence victim told him the officer had given her the confidence to come forward about her abusive partner. PC Harper, who got married four weeks ago, was killed on the A4 Bath Road. According to Long, the passengers were shouting to "go this way, go that way, slow down.". The victim had to undergo multiple surgeries because of the injuries, KHOU-TV reports. ', Mr Altman said: 'His solicitor tried to encourage him to be quiet as the charges were read to him.'. A police officer called to the aftermath of the death of PC Andrew Harper saw his body tumbling in the road, a court has heard. They simply upped the ante. 'Mr Simon Hall drove the car with his three colleagues. Mr Altman told the jury: 'You will recall that he accepts his guilt of manslaughter but on the basis that he did not know that PC Harper was attached to the car and being dragged along the road by him, which the prosecution do not accept. Defence barrister Rossano Scamardella QC said: "You pleaded guilty to manslaughter - why? Mr Campbell said the officer was a "highly regarded, popular member of the team" and his death was a "significant loss" to the force and also to his colleagues and friends.
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