‘We did it’...widow’s victory for brave PC
Daily Express|June 29, 2022
THE widow of PC Andrew Harper said he was “smiling down at me” yesterday after her campaign meant that criminals who kill emergency workers will now face life behind bars.
Michael Knowles
‘We did it’...widow’s victory for brave PC

Lissie Harper said families like hers would no longer have to endure the “pain of injustice” in court. Her Harper’s Law victory follows a string of lenient sentences which enraged relatives and the public.

Newlywed Mrs Harper fought to change the law after Thames Valley traffic officer Andrew, 28, was fatally dragged behind a getaway car by three teenagers fleeing a quad bike theft in 2019.

This story is from the June 29, 2022 edition of Daily Express.

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