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. Three teenagers have been convicted of killing Pc Andrew Harper as they evaded arrest. By By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. 'They gathered together at the Four Houses Corner travellers' site before setting off to execute their plan. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 11.30pm: PC Harper's body is found by Pc Christopher Bushnell in Ufton Lane. 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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. Find out how you can get the latest news from BerkshireLive delivered straight to your inbox. 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. Henry Long, 18, and two teenage boys, both aged 17, have denied murder but admitted conspiracy to steal a quad bike. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. Menu Home; Rankings. A great cop, a great man, a great friend. `I am employed as a Senior Case Manager by Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC, located at `777 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017. PC Harper's colleagues have been laying floral tributes at the scene, with one message describing the officer as "Thames Valley's finest". "We are shocked and saddened by the death of our colleague". The court heard he would have been rendered unconscious almost immediately and was unable to free himself. ` `2. He attended a suspected burglary with a colleague at 11.30pm on Thursday, August 15, 2019. Tests show Pc Andrew Harper died of 'multiple injuries' as his father tells of family anguish Berkshire Thames Valley police Saturday 17 August 2019, 5:33pm Video report by ITV News. It is attached to a Seat Toledo by a strap and ridden by Cole. 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. Another read: "Such a shocking, mindless, horrific act of brutality. 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. The victim had to undergo multiple surgeries because of the injuries, KHOU-TV reports. Meanwhile, the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter, is directed to the nearby Four Houses Corner travellers' site in search of the suspects. PC Bushnell had directed the helicopter to the travellers' site after losing sight of the Seat about three-quarters of a mile away. He now admits he was the getaway driver but had no idea the officer was snared behind the car in the sling. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? He entered the shop with a long-handled axe and attacked staff working inside. 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. PC Andrew Harper died from multiple injuries when he became tangled in a crane strap attached to the boot of a SEAT Toledo on August 15 last year. Long, of Mortimer, Reading, admits manslaughter and conspiracy to steal but denies murder. '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. The 28-year-old policeman had become dislodged by. 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. ", Pc Harper's father told Sky News the family is "absolutely devastated and in a bad place.". 'Mr Simon Hall drove the car with his three colleagues. 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. 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.". This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. "But he did not see what his car had struck. Bowers and Cole were instead convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter - which Long had previously admitted. "To his right he saw out of the corner of his eye something moving and tumbling in the road. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? 'It was because the 17-year-old had unhitched the quad bike and had no time to place the crane strap into the boot that its large loop was left trailing on the road surface. Read about our approach to external linking. Chief Constable John Campbell said the death of PC Harper had left the entire force "shocked and saddened". The comments below have not been moderated, By My cousin Shelby Smith and my other cousin. They also deny manslaughter. 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. 11.31pm: PC Shaw reaches the A4 and Ufton Lane where he finds his colleague having followed a trail of road marks, blood and body matter. The officer eventually became disentangled from the SEAT close to the A4, where he was found by a police dog handler colleague. A police officer in pursuit of the suspects had paused at a fork in the road when he saw the Seat heading back towards him. A teenager has pleaded guilty to killing a newly-wed police officer but has denied murder. 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Jurors were told that the quad bike theft had been a "carefully planned" criminal enterprise. PC Harper attended a suspected burglary with a colleague in a marked car at 11.30pm on Thursday, August 15, 2019. Pc Andrew Harper, 26, was killed on the A4 Bath Road between Reading and Newbury last night. Swans swim in a flooded field near Ibsley in Hampshire (Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA) The Met Office has issued three yellow warnings for "persistent heavy rain" and there are flood alerts across Britain as the wet weather shows little sign of letting up. He had sustained utterly catastrophic injuries. 'I am not involved in this incident. 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". "PC Harper was completely naked at that point, save for his boots and socks. PC Andrew Harper was newly married when he died, PC Andrew Harper with his father-in-law Simon. Police officers at the scene on Ufton Lane where a Thames Valley Police officer was killed whilst attending a reported burglary on Thursday evening, A forensic team is at the site near Sulhamstead, Berkshire, A forensic officer by a charcoal BMW at the scene, There is a heavy police presence on the A4, Forensic investigators at the scene where the police officer was killed, There is a heavy police presence just off the A4. I certainly have never been in it yesterday but there are numerous cars on the site.'. He fell beneath the vehicle and was draggeda considerable distance, entangled with a tow rope. "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. The 28-year-old policeman had become dislodged by the time his colleague, PC Andrew Shaw, came across him "barely alive". He recalled both being very quiet and calm and neither appeared particularly shocked or surprised by what was being said.'. . One, PC Andrew Kemp saw his colleague being dragged behind the car, the court heard. 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. It was then that he recognised that figure to be his colleague PC Harper. Andy Efkowitz 33. Detective Superintendent Stuart Blaiksaid the defendants had shown no remorse or helped police piece together what happened during the investigation. The Thames Valley Police officer was attending a report of a burglary in Sulhamstead, between Reading and Newbury, in August 2019 when he became entangled in strapping that was being used to tow a stolen quad bike. As he turned into Ufton Lane, he noticed some "ratchet straps" on the ground and a body which "appeared to be tumbling". On Saturday, police and forensic teams searched a caravan and mobile home site, Four Houses Corner, about three miles from where PC Harper died. 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. Long, of Mortimer near Reading, Cole, of Aldermaston, and Bower, of Mortimer, all deny murder. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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 car left it late to brake at the junction and then pulled out in front of him, causing him to slam on his brakes," Mr Altman explained. 'While PC Christopher Bushnell gave chase in a Mitsubishi Outlander, PC Kemp pulled over and got out of his car. 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. 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. He said he felt "elation" when paramedics arrived but PC Harper's injuries were deemed "incompatible with life" and he was pronounced dead at 23:45 BST. Our love goes to his lovely wife, mum and dad, brother and all of his family and friends. $100 a month for miners Over 60 rears near Pitts Harper their vehicle struck a Bridge and Tion pit at Library . , updated The prosecutor said: "What of course PC Harper had not seen, but each of these defendants would have known, was that the loop of strapping now on the ground and being dragged behind the Seat was still attached to the hinge of the boot lid of the vehicle. "Earlier today we sought a 36-hour extension to their detention and this was granted at Reading Magistrates' Court. FREE FREE FREE "Candleglow" 7 Pc. Detectives investigating the death of a police officer have said he died of "multiple injuries", as they were given more time to question 10 suspects. PC Harper, who got married four weeks ago, was killed on the A4 Bath Road. PC Andrew Harper, 28, died from "catastrophic" injuries after he was dragged for about a mile on 15 August. The officer on duty with PC Harper was not physically injured but is being given emotional support, Thames Valley Police said. 4.50pm: Henry Long, Albert Bowers, Jessie Cole and a fourth man, Thomas King, who is not a defendant in the trial, arrive at the home of Peter Wallis in Bradfield Southend, Berkshire, to steal his 10,000 quad bike. Pc Harper was killed in August while investigating a burglary, The Thames Valley police officer with his wife Lissie at the couple's wedding just four weeks ago (AP), A police officer lays flowers at the scene, Thames Valley police officer killed while investigating burglary, You must be at least 18 years old to create an account, Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number, I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Evening Standard. He was declared dead by paramedics at the scene. 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. He added: 'He had sustained utterly catastrophic injuries.'. 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. But PC Harper and his colleagues came across the gang driving towards them on narrow Admoor Lane. A judge cleared the three defendants of murder. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The police cordon has been extended by around 100 metres as around 10 white-suited forensics officers conduct a sweep of the area. 2023 BBC. Sign up for exclusive newsletters, comment on stories, enter competitions and attend events. 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