[arista]

Originally Posted by arista

This was the Officer Andrew Harper, a month ago
getting married.

He Was in his Police Car with another officer
but at the time of his death was on his own.

I feel so sorry to his Wife.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes the Jury were dodgy
One even said bye to the boys
the Judge got rid of her.

They were also intimidated it seems?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Verdict of manslaughter

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-53526636

How stupid. In what world is killing someone deliberately not murder?

Originally Posted by Moniqua

actually i'm a white boy with a black woman avatar and signature*

it's really not that difficult to decipher cherry?

boomers amirite xD

Is that even a woman? Looks more like a drag queen?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

They were also intimidated it seems?

Yes it appears to be corruption

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Cherie

They were also intimidated it seems?

No surprise there....but justice wasn’t done.

[arista]

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by arista

I feel so sorry to his Wife.

Yes ,me too, no justice for her or him ,but what's new, the system is a joke

[arista]

[arista]

[arista]

[arista]

[Ammi]

PC Andrew Harper's widow has written to the prime minister to ask for a retrial after his killers were cleared of murder.

Lissie Harper had been married to PC Harper for just a month when he was killed trying to prevent the theft of a quad bike in Berkshire last August.

Henry Long, 19, Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, were acquitted of murder by an Old Bailey jury on Friday.

Cole and Bowers were found guilty of manslaughter, while Long had previously admitted the same charge.

In an open letter posted to Facebook, Lissie Harper urged Boris Johnson to "have this miscarriage of justice overturned".

[thesheriff443]

Those uneducated teenagers set out to steal a qaud bike not murder a policeman.

So from the off it can’t be murder.

Take away the background of those involved and the fact it was a police officer and the need for a murder charge would not be so high.

The jury heard all the evidence and came to their decision.

If this trial gets rerun do to public opinion or pressure that means all the other trials should get reheard.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

PC Andrew Harper's widow has written to the prime minister to ask for a retrial after his killers were cleared of murder.

Lissie Harper had been married to PC Harper for just a month when he was killed trying to prevent the theft of a quad bike in Berkshire last August.

Henry Long, 19, Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, were acquitted of murder by an Old Bailey jury on Friday.

Cole and Bowers were found guilty of manslaughter, while Long had previously admitted the same charge.

In an open letter posted to Facebook, Lissie Harper urged Boris Johnson to "have this miscarriage of justice overturned".

That poor woman

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

That poor woman

...yeah I know...and her husband being part of that justice system as well and dying while serving it....

[Livia]

The police are terrified of the travelling community. That's the truth of it.

[UserSince2005]

16 years for 1
13 years for the other two.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-46544144

I would prefer all three were just hung, but I guess this is a decent bit of justice.

[thesheriff443]

So 8 years for one and 6 and a half for a he other two.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Livia

The police are terrified of the travelling community. That's the truth of it.

That's certainly a point of view, alright.

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

So 8 years for one and 6 and a half for a he other two.

They have to serve two thirds.....still a joke but better than half

[UserSince2005]

I was expecting them to serve a lot less given the manslaughter verdict

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

Those uneducated teenagers set out to steal a qaud bike not murder a policeman.

So from the off it can’t be murder.

Take away the background of those involved and the fact it was a police officer and the need for a murder charge would not be so high.

The jury heard all the evidence and came to their decision.

If this trial gets rerun do to public opinion or pressure that means all the other trials should get reheard.

They didnt set out to murder him....but it came down to whether they were aware he was being dragged along. They kept swerving from side to side knowing (I believe) that he was being dragged and tried to dislodge him. That makes it murder....but they obviously convinced the jury that they didnt realise it was the officer...hence Manslaughter..


This is such a tragedy...such a lovely looking young man...and his poor wife.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

They didnt set out to murder him....but it came down to whether they were aware he was being dragged along. They kept swerving from side to side knowing (I believe) that he was being dragged and tried to dislodge him. That makes it murder....but they obviously convinced the jury that they didnt realise it was the officer...hence Manslaughter..


This is such a tragedy...such a lovely looking young man...and his poor wife.

I haven't read all the details but if they were trying to dislodge him, wouldn't that prove that it wasn't murder?

[UserSince2005]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

I haven't read all the details but if they were trying to dislodge him, wouldn't that prove that it wasn't murder?

Gross, no. They wanted to dislodge him, drive off and leave him for dead.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

They have to serve two thirds.....still a joke but better than half

The driver will serve 10 years.