PC Andrew Harper’s former police force is considering joining potential legal action against the government as his widow backed a petition to block his killers being released from prison early.
Aileen O’Connor, the chair of Thames Valley Police Federation, said the decision to potentially release Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers under the government’s new early release policy would impact the morale of serving officers in the area.
PC Harper was a Thames Valley Police officer when he was killed in August 2019 after responding to a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire.
Also on tonight’s Evening News:
•The suspect in the murder of a Scottish woman, whose body was found in a suitcase in a derelict building in Greece, has appeared in court in Athens.
•A former neo-Nazi who was jailed for antisemitic abuse has tonight withdrawn from the race to become a Conservative councillor in Somerset.
• The Department of Health has launched new research into the long-term effects of the controversial pregnancy drug D-E-S, which was prescribed to an estimated 300-thousand women between the late 1930s and the 1980s to treat pregnancy issues including miscarriage.
• A pair of giant tortoises have returned home to Jersey Zoo after an epic journey.
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