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. 11.30pm: PC Harper's body is found by Pc Christopher Bushnell in Ufton Lane. "But he did not see what his car had struck. 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. Chief Constable John Campbell said the death of PC Harper had left the entire force "shocked and saddened". He remembered saying the word "body" out loud but did not know whether this was transmitted.". This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. It means Long has driven at an average speed of 42.5mph, the court is told. Jurors were told that consultant forensic pathologist Dr Ashley Fegan-Earl believed PC Harper would have been rendered deeply unconscious as soon as he hit the ground. 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He later plead guilty to manslaughter, although the charge was for murder. Two police dog handlers had been alerted and were waiting in their cars at the A4 junction. Eight seconds later, Long mounts the verge as he drives around the police car. You can get the latest news for Berkshire straight to your mobile or tablet when you download the free BerkshireLive app. Proceedings will resume on Wednesday (June 23). 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. Chef, Sarah and Harry.". 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. He said: 'I don't give a f*ck about any of this. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Mr Laidlaw described how Mr Long drove up a verge to round the unmarked car, while Cole ran to catch up after having dislodged a tow rope from around the handlebars of the quad bike, leaving it loose on the road. Mr Altman said the vehicle came straight at him very quickly, forcing him to veer to the left as it passed, narrowly missing him. Mr Long has previously admitted manslaughter and conspiracy to steal a quad bike. 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. PC Harper attended a suspected burglary with a colleague in a marked car at 11.30pm on Thursday, August 15, 2019. 'I am not involved in this incident. 'Indeed, their sophisticated planning even extended to the car. Police woke me up. Harper, a 28-year-old Thames Valley police officer, was carried behind a Seat Toledo for more than a mile after attempting to apprehend quad bike thieves. The trial is abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic. A jury convicted Vale on December 6 and sentenced him to 82 years in prison. Read about our approach to external linking. 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". 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. Having unhitched the quad bike, he tries to get back in the Seat. When Long was arrested after repeatedly lying to police in a series of interviews. Ten. "PC Harper was completely naked at that point, save for his boots and socks. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Read about our approach to external linking. Henry Long, 18, is on trial for his murder. He denied hearing or noticing anything being dragged behind the car. An officer is heard to say 'these people have already injured one of our officers' as he suggested they get there as quickly as possible. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. On Monday, the two 17-year-olds, who cannot be named due to their age, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal a quad bike. 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. Keep up with breaking news, traffic and travel updates and whats on from across the county plus unrivalled Reading FC coverage. 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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. 2023 BBC. According to Long, the passengers were shouting to "go this way, go that way, slow down.". 'It is on all the evidence that, in the case of Long, the prosecution invites you to reject any claim he did not realise that he was dragging a policeman in the shape of PC Harper behind that car for over a mile to his inevitable death. One witness who saw him being dragged along, Jack Whittenham, mistakenly thought he had seen an injured deer. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Long has admitted manslaughter. He told them to shut up and put music on. `I am employed as a Senior Case Manager by Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC, located at `777 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017. 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. Mr Altman said the three teenagers knew they had been stopped by the police. Pc Harper, 28, eventually became disentangled but died from his injuries in the road. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. He had just left. 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. "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. They all admit conspiring to steal the quadbike and Long has admitted to the manslaughter of PC Harper, which the younger boys deny. The Thames Valley Police officer was dragged along the road for more than a mile, Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking news delivered direct to your inbox. 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. tell the story j far better v , than words . Long, of Mortimer, Reading, admits manslaughter and conspiracy to steal but denies murder. "Tragically, at that very moment and still in the act of chasing Jessie Cole down, PC Harper must have quite unwittingly stepped, with both feet, into the loop made of the strapping trailed behind the Seat. PC Harpers ankles got caught in a tow rope attached to the suspects' getaway car. 'They gathered together at the Four Houses Corner travellers' site before setting off to execute their plan. Not only did they have gloves and masks to avoid detection, they had tools with them which might easily have been used as weapons, it was claimed. "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.". 2023 BBC. At the time, Andrew's widow expressed her. The Old Bailey has heard that Harper. PC Andrew Harper, a rapid response officer with the forces roads and traffic command. Long, of Mortimer near Reading, Cole, of Aldermaston, and Bower, of Mortimer, all deny murder. Cole, from Aldermaston, and Bowers and Long, both from Mortimer, Reading, have admitted conspiring to steal the quad bike. An eyewitness initially thought the Seat was towing "the carcass of a bloodied deer", but quickly he realised it was a person trapped by both ankles being dragged around the road and striking the kerb, Mr Laidlaw said. 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. He was pictured smirking and laughing along with his friends when they arrived at court. 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Cole runs past the police car, pursued by PC Harper, and dives through the Seat passenger window, the Old Bailey is told. The defendants deny murder but have admitted conspiracy to steal the quad bike. 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. Mr Altman said: 'He noted a lack of reaction when Long and one other were told a police officer had died and that they were being arrested on suspicion of murder. The 17-year-olds admit conspiracy to steal but deny murder. "Mr Whittenham saw that the rope had a body attached to it. He said: 'In his view, the driver had deliberately chosen to drive straight at him. However, recent additions Yan Valery, Rekeem Harper and Sam Cosgrove are all pushing for their first starts for Blues.. Defender Marc Roberts remains absent as he serves the second of his two-match suspension.. Tom Ince is pushing for his full debut for Luton . Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 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. 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. ", 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.". One was goonies, fast and furious. 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. One described him as "Thames Valley's finest" while another tribute read: "A shockingly sad day. His grandmother Maureen Shrimpton wrote: "Just a really horrible day. He died of multiple injuries. 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. 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 that did not stop them or make them rethink. A pathologist's report found PC Harper suffered "a very severe injury to the brain" which is "likely to have rendered him unconscious" after his head struck the ground. He thought the rope was wrapped a couple of times around both feet of the body, which was being dragged along by the vehicle. 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. 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 did not recall seeing any shoes on the body but thought there were dark coloured trousers. Pc Andrew Harper, 26, was killed on the A4 Bath Road between Reading and Newbury last night. He was driving a car at "breakneck speed" which swung PC Andrew Harper "like a pendulum" along a country lane on August 15, 2019. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. "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.". Bowers and Cole were instead convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter - which Long had previously admitted. 'The drag effect on both the steering and the handling of the car, and, most significantly, the noise of the mannequin being dragged along the road, meant that its presence behind the vehicle was clear and obvious.'. 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'". Long has admitted manslaughter, which the younger boys also deny. "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. View our online Press Pack. Neither were found to have a mobile phone on them or in the caravan. 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. 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. 'To his right he saw out of the corner of his eye something moving and tumbling in the road. Relatives described the day as a "dream wedding". This account already exists. 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