It has been a very wet start to . She said the 10 boys and men had been arrested at council-run caravan and mobile home site, Four Houses Corner, about three miles from where PC Harper died. 2023 BBC. Three teenagers have been convicted of killing Pc Andrew Harper as they evaded arrest. 'To his right he saw out of the corner of his eye something moving and tumbling in the road. 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. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The second day of the Old Bailey trial heard PC Andrew Harper's colleague found him 'barely alive' after he had been dragged behind a car with an eyewitness at first thinking the suspects were towing a deer carcass. Henry Long, 18, is on trial for his murder. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. "When, at last, he became disentangled, he was left with the most awful injuries, from which he died there on the road, surrounded by colleagues who tried in vain to save him. Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Barber, said he had received messages from members of the public whom PC Harper had helped. Pictures show Pc Harper and his new wife Lissie celebrating their wedding at the award-winning stately venue Ardington House, a Georgian manor in Oxfordshire set in gardens and parkland. "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. Cole runs past the police car, pursued by PC Harper, and dives through the Seat passenger window, the Old Bailey is told. Andrew Harper the latest PC to lose his life on the front line It remains unclear how PC Harper "came to be out of his vehicle and then caught under the suspect vehicle". The newly married police officer, 28, suffered. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 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. Our grandson Andrew was killed last night while doing his police work. Mr Kemp said: '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. The 17-year-olds admit conspiracy to steal but deny murder. PC Andrew Harper was responding to a report of a quad bike theft in Berkshire, Henry Long (left) and two 17-year-old defendants - who cannot be identified due to their age - are in the dock at the Old Bailey. They simply upped the ante. Mr Altman added: 'These three went on a criminal expedition that August night to steal a new, high value quad bike. PC Andrew Harper was killed in Berkshire on Thursday, Police officers have been at a caravan site near to the scene where PC Harper was killed, Tributes to PC Harper have been laid at the scene, One message described PC Harper as "Thames Valley's finest", PC Harper got married to his fiance Lissie just four weeks ago. 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 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". When Long was arrested after repeatedly lying to police in a series of interviews. 'Trapped by his ankles, mercifully probably rendered unconscious from the start, so that he knew nothing about it, he was dragged by Long's driving for over a mile to his death. A domestic violence victim told him the officer had given her the confidence to come forward about her abusive partner. PC Harper, who became a regular officer in 2011 after joining as a special constable a year earlier, had attended the reported break-in at about 23:30 BST with a fellow officer. A brave man protecting us all and just doing his job.". As PC Harper tried to stop him, the officer's feet were encircled in the crane strap, and he was dragged along as Long drove off. 10 boys . "While PC Christopher Bushnell gave chase in a Mitsubishi Outlander, PC Kemp pulled over and got out of his car. Pc Harper and his crew mate PC Andrew Shaw are on the M4 in a BMW car. 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. Police woke me up. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. FREE FREE FREE "Candleglow" 7 Pc. Meanwhile, the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter, is directed to the nearby Four Houses Corner travellers' site in search of the suspects. 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. It will be obvious to you all that none of the defendants could possibly have intended that that should happen. "He heard a bang, and he thought he might have screamed due to the shock of what he had just seen. Another read: "Such a shocking, mindless, horrific act of brutality. Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay read a statement by Thames Valley Police firearms officer Nick Kluger, who said he felt "an immense sense of dread and an urgency" when he heard an officer was down. Although PC Harper was breathing when he was found in the road, his injuries proved unsurvivable and he was pronounced dead at 11.45pm. PC Harper died on August 15 after . Long, 19, and Cole and Bowers, both aged 18, go on trial at the Old Bailey for murder. Pc Andrew Harper, 28, died from multiple injuries after being dragged under a van on August 15. James Wood For Mailonline He denied hearing or noticing anything being dragged behind the car. '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. opened the case against the three teenagers at the Old Bailey in London on Tuesday (June 23). Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. PC Andrew Harper suffered 'catastrophic injuries' after being dragged behind a car along a country road, jurors were told. He entered the shop with a long-handled axe and attacked staff working inside. 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. Within 10 minutes of the officer's death, a police helicopter spotted the defendants' car parked up at a council-run travellers' site at nearby Burghfield Common, its engine still hot and clearly visible on the helicopter's thermal image camera. Mr Laidlaw said the thieves were determined to take the vehicle "whatever the cost", having been disturbed earlier in the day. He was dragged along the stretch of road at up to 60mph by the SEAT in horrendous circumstances. 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. 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. The officer eventually became disentangled from the SEAT close to the A4, where he was found by a police dog handler colleague. He added that the officer "only married four weeks ago". RIP mate, love you. Prosecutor Brian Altman QC told the Old Bailey: 'It was Mr Whittenham who thought it was a bloodied deer attached to the car, but 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 'He realised what he had seen was PC Harper's body. PC Harper ran behind to intercept him, Mr Altman said: "Illuminated by the rear lights of the police car, as well as by the pulsating blue and white emergency lights, [the youth] could not failed to have seen Pc Harper, who was within feet of him and to have realised he was a police officer in full uniform.". A group of officers could be seen gathered around floral tributes reading messages to their fallen colleague. '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. PC Harper died at the scene a short time later. The police cordon has been extended by around 100 metres as around 10 white-suited forensics officers conduct a sweep of the area. My fingerprints or DNA will not be on the quad bike. 'At the same time, he heard on the radio a message from his colleague PC Christopher Bushnell, the other dog unit, who had driven ahead of him, that there was a "body from the car" or "thrown from the car". Asia Pacific; EMEA; Latin America; UK Solicitors; UK Bar; United States It was then that he recognised that figure to be his colleague PC Harper. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? The defendants are arrested in the early hours. 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PC Andrew Harper, a rapid response officer with the force's roads and traffic command. Sign up to the Daily Star's newsletter. 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. "We are shocked and saddened by the death of our colleague". 'This had all been very carefully planned and thought through. 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He attended a suspected burglary with a colleague at 11.30pm on Thursday, August 15, 2019. As he turned into Ufton Lane, he noticed some "ratchet straps" on the ground and a body which "appeared to be tumbling". "It was, as the witness described it, like a 'rag doll' and he saw PC Harper's body strike the kerb.". Each email has a link to unsubscribe. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The court has heard how PC Harper responded to a report of a stolen quad bike, when a strap trailing behind a Seat Toledo got "lassoed" around his ankles as it accelerated away. 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'. Henry Long, 18, and two teenage boys, both aged 17, have denied murder but admitted conspiracy to steal a quad bike. A retrial gets under way. "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, losing items of his police uniform along the way, with the rest of his uniform being quite literally ripped and stripped from his body. Mr Altman told the jury: 'It was his opinion that anyone driving the Seat could not fail to be aware that something of significant weight was being dragged behind the vehicle. 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. 'I was with my auntie Sammi Jo and her husband Sammy Smith. When they came across PC Harper and his colleague, the youth on the bike unhitched the strap and tried to get into the Seat, jurors heard. Driver Henry Long, 18, allegedly swerved from side to side in an attempt to free the officer, causing him to hit hedgerows and other items in the lane. Long, of Mortimer near Reading, Cole, of Aldermaston, and Bower, of Mortimer, all deny murder. I am over the age of eighteen years and am `not a party to the above-captioned action. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The Seat is then driven at speed towards Four Houses Corner and PC Bushnell loses sight, jurors hear. The other officer was not physically injured but is being provided with emotional support, a Thames Valley spokesman said. An examination of the officer's Mitsubishi Outlander later showed no evidence it had made any contact to PC Harper's body. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? Proceedings will resume on Wednesday (June 23). "So proud of him. It was a senseless killing of a young police officer in the line of duty; a young man who was doing no more than his job.". 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The Old Bailey trial heard Henry Long, 19, drove at an average speed of 42.5mph along the Admoor Lane in Berkshire, near Reading, on the evening of August 15 last year, in such a fashion that the stricken officer was "swung side-to-side like a pendulum in an effort to dislodge him". They disabled their SEAT Toledos rear lights and taped over the number plate but were seen by Mr Wallis taking the Honda TRX500 quad bike and roping its handlebars to the back of the car. Pc Andrew Harper was responding to a reported burglary in Sulhamstead, west Berkshire, on Thursday when he was "caught between a vehicle and the road and then dragged for a distance.". On August 15 last year, PC Harper attended reports of a quad bike theft in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, at about 11.17pm. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Another witness heard tyres screeching, which jurors were told "sounded like a wheel without a tyre on it". The prosecutor said: "Then he realised that it was a human figure being dragged by the ankles. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. PC Harper's colleagues have been laying floral tributes at the scene, with one message describing the officer as "Thames Valley's finest". The defendants had allegedly disconnected brake, side and indicator lights to help them disappear into the night. 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. 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'". "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. Mr Laidlaw described the moment PC Harper was found to the jury: "It was PC Kemp, one of the two dog handlers, who was the first to attend to the figure who had come loose from the strapping in Ufton Lane. 11.10pm: Long, Bowers and Cole return to Mr Wallis's house and, over 15 minutes, steal his quad bike. 'The drag on the road and the noise created by its movement were significant. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Henry Long is standing trial for murder alongside two teenagers who cannot be identified, (Image: Vagner Vidal/Hyde News & Pictures Ltd), Henry Long appeared in court alongside the two accused teens. Eight seconds later, Long mounts the verge as he drives around the police car. PC Harper attended a suspected burglary with a colleague in a marked car at 11.30pm on Thursday, August 15, 2019. Cole was also a passenger in the car at the time. 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. "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. PC Harper, known as "Harps" to his colleagues, was part of Thames Valley's Roads Policing Unit, and had been due to work a 10am to 7pm shift that day. The court also heard how driver Jack Whittenham saw the police officer's body attached to the back of the car as it reached the turn off at the A4, who too thought it was a bloodied deer. 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. Henry Long, 18, of Mortimer, Reading, and two 17-year-old boys deny murder. Mr Long has previously admitted manslaughter and conspiracy to steal a quad bike. ` `2. Thames Valley PC Andrew Harper was "swung from side to side like a pendulum" and "died totally naked" after he was dragged down a country lane behind a speeding car, the Old Bailey heard this morning. Cole, from Aldermaston, and Bowers and Long, both from Mortimer, Reading, have admitted conspiring to steal the quad bike. Ten. 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. He died of multiple injuries. 'Mr Simon Hall drove the car with his three colleagues. 'You will want to ask what else can sensibly explain the manner of his driving? One witness who saw him being dragged along, Jack Whittenham, mistakenly thought he had seen an injured deer. He told them to shut up and put music on. The gang had cased the property earlier in the day and later returned masked and armed with an axe, crowbars and a length of pipe to use against anyone in their way. One tribute, accompanied by an image of PC Harper smiling with a friend, said: "Harps, I am truly gutted. 'We suggest that leads to the irresistible conclusion that he intended to kill PC Harper or to do him really serious bodily injury. Det Supt Kent said it remained unclear how PC Harper "came to be out of his vehicle and then caught under the suspect vehicle". The court heard he would have been rendered unconscious almost immediately and was unable to free himself. Timeline of the PC Andrew Harper case August 15 2019, 4.50pm Henry Long, Albert Bowers, Jessie Cole and Thomas King arrive at the home of Peter Wallis in Bradfield Southend, Berkshire, to steal . You can find it for Apple devices here and Android devices here. $100 a month for miners Over 60 rears near Pitts Harper their vehicle struck a Bridge and Tion pit at Library . PC Harper's parents and his widow Lissie Harper were among those attending the court on Tuesday. "He saw the whole body striking the kerb on the other side of the road.". He was responding to the reported theft of a quad bike from a home near the village of Sulhamstead in Berkshire. 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. Long, of Mortimer, Reading, also admits manslaughter. PC Andrew Harper, 28, was responding to a burglary report on Thursday in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, when he was dragged along the road by a vehicle. Follow updates from the PC Andrew Harper trial. We come together as a brotherhood at times like this and hopefully your family can take some comfort from that love and support.". A post-mortem examination found no injuries to indicate a strike from another vehicle, jurors were told. 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. Mr Altman said the vehicle came straight at him very quickly, forcing him to veer to the left as it passed, narrowly missing him. It means Long has driven at an average speed of 42.5mph, the court is told. 'He saw the whole body striking the kerb on the other side of the road.'. The vehicles stop, facing each other around 5 metres apart. When he was charged with the murder of PC Harper, Long said: 'I don't give a f***,' the court heard. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. A judge convicted the three teenagers of the manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper on July 24 2020. Two police dog handlers had been alerted and were waiting in their cars at the A4 junction. Pc Andrew Harper, 26, was killed on the A4 Bath Road between Reading and Newbury last night. "The cause of death is consistent with our current belief that Andrew was caught between a vehicle and the road and then dragged for a distance. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Henry Long, 19, Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, hugged each other to the sound of their cheering families as the verdict of not guilty to murder was read out in court. He was dragged for more than a mile of winding country road with his uniform gradually stripped from his body. Something went wrong, please try again later. , updated Pc Andrew Harper was responding to a reported burglary in Sulhamstead, west Berkshire, on Thursday when he was caught between a vehicle and the road and then dragged for a distance.. Last Friday, three teenagers were convicted of the police officer's manslaughter but cleared of murder.. Newlywed PC Harper, 28, died from catastrophic injuries when he was dragged for more than a mile behind their Seat Toledo car after his ankle was caught in a strap behind the . 'The fact that neither Long nor the other two defendants had planned for or even wanted PC Harper to become caught in the strap is neither here nor there. He recalled both being very quiet and calm and neither appeared particularly shocked or surprised by what was being said.'. Prosecutor Brian Altman QC told the court: 'In his opinion, PC Harper's lower legs became entangled in a rope attached to the Seat car causing him to fall violently to the ground in an unprotected manner, sustaining a head injury which would likely have resulted in deep unconsciousness.'. BerkshireLive delivered straight to your inbox. He added: 'He had sustained utterly catastrophic injuries.'. He is dragged away as Long accelerates off, jurors are told. Newlywed Pc Harper was responding to reports of a burglary last Thursday night when he was hit and dragged under vehicle in Sulhamstead, West Berkshire. Chief Constable John Campbell said the death of PC Harper had left the entire force "shocked and saddened". You can sign up to receive push notifications, which means you'll always be the first to know what's happening in the area. On March 4, 2022, I caused to be served the following: ` `a. Ten males aged between 13 and 30 have been. PC Andrew Harper was "swung like a pendulum" and left nearly naked after being dragged along the road for more than a mile, a court has heard. Mr Hall concluded that at times Long had steered vigorously from side to side in an attempt to dislodge 'whatever the driver perceived was being dragged by the car', the court heard. 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