PC Harper: Widow Lissie says she is ‘immensely disappointed’ at verdict
Written by News on 24/07/2020
The widow of PC Andrew Harper has said she feels “immensely disappointed” after three teenagers were found guilty of manslaughter for killing her husband.
Lissie Harper, who had only been married for a month when he died, said she felt “utterly shocked and appalled” after the verdicts at the Old Bailey.
She told media outside the court: “Standing here before all of you, I honestly thought I would be addressing you after a very different verdict.”
PC Harper was dragged to his death behind a car while attempting to stop the teenagers stealing a quad bike in west Berkshire.
The car’s driver, Henry Long, 19, and his passengers, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, both 18, had denied murder.
All three were convicted of manslaughter after denying they knew the police officer had become entangled in a rope attached to their car.
Mrs Harper described her husband’s killing as “brutal and senseless”, adding that the family “had hopes that justice would come in some way for Andrew”.
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