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. "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. Police 'shocked and saddened' Video, 00:03:06, Germany: We are no longer reliant on Russian energy, Ukrainian ministers killed in helicopter crash, City asks Madonna if it can borrow her painting, Mafia boss's second hideout found behind wardrobe, Jeremy Renner TV show poster edited after accident, Heathrow beefs up security over cannabis arrests, Keep cake away from office, says food adviser. "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.". `I am employed as a Senior Case Manager by Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC, located at `777 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017. 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 . His grandmother Maureen Shrimpton wrote: "Just a really horrible day. 'It ended with the killing of a young police officer. Long then sped off from the scene, but in the act of chasing Cole, PC Harper "unwittingly stepped, with both feet, into the loop made on the road surface by the trailing strap". 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. Man attempts to get into car A tragic series of events that led to the "gruesome discovery" of Pc Andrew Harper lying catastrophically injured in a country lane has been played out in court.. At the time of the charges Long said: "I don't give a f*** about any of this.". Andrew Harper, 28, suffered "utterly catastrophic" injuries as he was dragged to his death in Berkshire last August, a court has heard. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? The Driver. James Wood For Mailonline
He was pictured smirking and laughing along with his friends when they arrived at court. ', Mr Altman said: 'His solicitor tried to encourage him to be quiet as the charges were read to him.'. 'To his right he saw out of the corner of his eye something moving and tumbling in the road. The victim had to undergo multiple surgeries because of the injuries, KHOU-TV reports. He fell beneath the vehicle and was draggeda considerable distance, entangled with a tow rope. Read about our approach to external linking. The Seat is then driven at speed towards Four Houses Corner and PC Bushnell loses sight, jurors hear. Henry Long, 18, from Mortimer, Reading, and two 17-year-olds, who cannot be named for legal reasons, all deny murdering the Thames Valley Police officer. He had just left. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. 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. 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PC Harper's colleagues have been laying floral tributes at the scene, with one message describing the officer as "Thames Valley's finest". It was then that he recognised that figure to be his colleague PC Harper. 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. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. And as PC Harper died, that makes Long guilty of murder.'. PC Andrew Harper, 28, died from "catastrophic" injuries after he was dragged for about a mile on 15 August. When he was taken into custody Long's solicitor read out a prepared statement. It will be obvious to you all that none of the defendants could possibly have intended that that should happen. He now admits he was the getaway driver but had no idea the officer was snared behind the car in the sling. 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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. Karanka has previously shown a preference to naming a settled side, an approach which could lead to the same Birmingham XI this weekend. It has been a very wet start to . ", 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.". This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. He says: "I've got four masked men outside my house and they've got weapons.". Mr Laidlaw said: "He was barely alive, and PC Harper died soon after where he lay, in Ufton Lane, in the company of fellow officers who had tried desperately to save him.". We are no longer accepting comments on this article. The three defendants were arrested later at a nearby travellers' site. 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. "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. "During the course of that high-speed journey, and until at last, he became disentangled, his police uniform was quite literally ripped and stripped from his body. 'And in the glare of those blue and white emergency lights and the police car's rear lights, the 17-year-old could have been in no doubt whatsoever that he was feet and indeed just seconds away from being apprehended by a policeman in uniform by the courageous PC Harper as is obvious by the 17-year-old having to jump through a window to get into the SEAT car to flee. 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". We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. I have never been to a house yesterday looking at Quad bikes. PC Andrew Harper was "swung like a pendulum" and left nearly naked after being dragged along the road for more than a mile, a court has heard. "To his right he saw out of the corner of his eye something moving and tumbling in the road. "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.". His tragic and agonising death was just four weeks after marrying sweetheart Lissie Beckett. 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. They disabled their SEAT Toledos rear lights and taped over the number plate but were seen by Mr Wallis taking the Honda TRX500 quad bike and roping its handlebars to the back of the car. PC Andrew Harper was newly married when he died, PC Andrew Harper with his father-in-law Simon. 2023 BBC. PC Andy Kemp, who responded to the quad bike theft report, told the jury he saw a car come "straight through the junction" of Lambdens Hill with the A4. An online petition to overturn the verdicts in the killing of PC Andrew Harper has more than 200,000 signatures. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 11.10pm: Long, Bowers and Cole return to Mr Wallis's house and, over 15 minutes, steal his quad bike. '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". PC Darling described seeing 'bright red and running all the way down the centre of the road on tarmac.'. 11.28pm: The officers get a first glimpse of the Seat headlights approaching their car in Admoor Lane. 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. Mr Laidlaw said: "Going beyond the call of duty, as it were, would cost Andrew Harper his life.". He is dragged away as Long accelerates off, jurors are told. Pc Andrew Harper, 28, died from multiple injuries after being dragged under a van on August 15. 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PC Andrew Harper: Prosecutors explain circumstances of death. Within 10 minutes of the officer's death, a police helicopter spotted the defendants' car parked up at a council-run travellers' site at nearby Burghfield Common, its engine still hot and clearly visible on the helicopter's thermal image camera. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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 court heard earlier today how PC Harper was killed when he was dragged along by a car and was thrown around 'like a rag doll'. 'The fact that neither Long nor the other two defendants had planned for or even wanted PC Harper to become caught in the strap is neither here nor there. "He was clearly a man who, in his short time, touched many lives," Mr Barber added. 20-year-old man charged with murder of PC Andrew Harper, Artist impression of Henry Long (L) Albert Bowers (C) and Jessie Cole (R) at the Old Bailey, PC Andrew Shaw was working with PC Harper on the night, The tragic incident took place on a country lane. "He was barely alive and PC Harper died soon after where he lay in Ufton Lane in the company of fellow officers who had tried desperately to save him.". 'We suggest that leads to the irresistible conclusion that he intended to kill PC Harper or to do him really serious bodily injury. You can sign up to receive push notifications, which means you'll always be the first to know what's happening in the area. Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said: "PC Harper was killed in truly shocking circumstances. PC Harper and his crew mate responded to the reported theft despite it being well beyond the end of their shift. PC Harper, 28, was then dragged along the road for more than a mile before being found by a colleague with "utterly catastrophic" injuries. "This was a completely senseless killing of a young police officer in the line of duty.". For other inquiries, Contact Us. Long drove off with one of the 17-year-olds in the front seat of his Seat car and the other riding the quad bike behind, the court heard. 'You will want to ask what else can sensibly explain the manner of his driving? Det Supt Ailsa Kent told a press conference: "A post-mortem was carried out on Andrew's body and the cause of death has been recorded as multiple injuries. Meanwhile, the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter, is directed to the nearby Four Houses Corner travellers' site in search of the suspects. 'But that did not stop them or make them rethink. 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. You can get the latest news for Berkshire straight to your mobile or tablet when you download the free BerkshireLive app. One witness who saw him being dragged along, Jack Whittenham, mistakenly thought he had seen an injured deer. 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. I certainly have never been in it yesterday but there are numerous cars on the site.'. "He recalled all of a sudden seeing a flailing arm and a head that was arched back as if someone was doing back stroke and coming directly towards him out of the exhaust smoke," Mr Altman continued. Even though PC Harper was breathing when he was found in the road, his injuries were unsurvivable and he was pronounced dead at the scene at 11.45pm. Long, of Mortimer near Reading, Cole, of Aldermaston, and Bower, of Mortimer, all deny murder. ` `2. Follow updates from the PC Andrew Harper trial. 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What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? Long was arrested at the Fendt Diamond caravan site along with one of the 17-year-olds. 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. Two police dog handlers had been alerted and were waiting in their cars at the A4 junction. A brave young police officer was killed "in the line of duty" in "truly shocking circumstances" as he attempted to stop three teenagers from stealing a quad bike, a trial has heard. Newlywed Pc Harper was responding to reports of a burglary last Thursday night when he was hit and dragged under vehicle in Sulhamstead, West Berkshire. "He described his injuries [as] utterly catastrophic injuries. The suspects' Seat made off after the stricken officer became detached, with PC Bushnell in pursuit. Meanwhile, Long heads towards Ufton Court but gets stuck behind a wedding coach and turns back, forcing PC Bushnell to take evasive action to avoid a head-on collision, the court is told. When they came across PC Harper and his colleague, the youth on the bike unhitched the strap and tried to get into the Seat, jurors heard. It is attached to a Seat Toledo by a strap and ridden by Cole. Popular Netflix show cancelled after just one series - leaving fans gutted, Im 92 but still rock minidresses - I've got a 2 secret to looking young, Baby among 6 festival-goers sliced to death by glass-encrusted kite strings, Thousands of British Gas customers to get 250 help with energy bills, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Detective Superintendent Ailsa Kent, of Thames Valley Major Crime Unit, told a press conference: "A post-mortem was carried out on Andrew's body yesterday and the cause of death has been recorded as multiple injuries. 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