{"id":374334,"date":"2026-08-30T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pc-andrew-harpers-killers-to-stay-in-jail-bbc-news-exclusive\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:00:10","slug":"pc-andrew-harpers-killers-to-stay-in-jail-bbc-news-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pc-andrew-harpers-killers-to-stay-in-jail-bbc-news-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"PC Andrew Harper&#8217;s killers to stay in jail | BBC News Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/-qcr-Ev_ZPs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"PC Andrew Harper's killers to stay in jail | BBC News Exclusive\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-qcr-Ev_ZPs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told the BBC that PC Andrew Harper&#8217;s killers will remain behind bars as he announces changes to the early release scheme aimed at easing prison overcrowding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with BBC Breakfast, Burnham said anyone convicted of manslaughter will be excluded from changes brought in under the Sentencing Act, which would have made the killers eligible for early release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Burnham said extra prison spaces would be created by deporting &quot;hundreds&quot; of foreign prisoners and releasing some inmates serving indefinite sentences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews #UKPolitics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told the BBC that PC Andrew Harper&#8217;s killers will remain behind bars as he announces changes to the early release scheme aimed at easing prison overcrowding.\u00a0 In an exclusive interview with BBC Breakfast, Burnham said anyone convicted of manslaughter will be excluded from changes brought in under the Sentencing Act, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":374335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-374334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PC Andrew Harper&#039;s killers to stay in jail | BBC News Exclusive | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch PC Andrew Harper&#039;s killers to stay in jail | BBC News Exclusive for free, here on News ISC. 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