He told them to shut up and put music on. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. They simply upped the ante. A post-mortem recorded the 28-year-old roads policing officers cause of death as multiple injuries. PC Andrew Harper was newly married when he died, PC Andrew Harper with his father-in-law Simon. The officer was "barely alive" but died at the scene a short time later. 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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.". ", Pc Harper's father told Sky News the family is "absolutely devastated and in a bad place.". We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Something went wrong, please try again later. PC Harper, 28, was then dragged along the road for more than a mile before being found by a colleague with "utterly catastrophic" injuries. His tragic and agonising death was just four weeks after marrying sweetheart Lissie Beckett. Police investigating the murder of Pc Andrew Harper, 28, say he died of multiple of injuries. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? View our online Press Pack. PC Harper's alleged killers drove straight at a police car in their bid 'not to get caught at all costs', jurors heard. Mr Altman said: 'He noted a lack of reaction when Long and one other were told a police officer had died and that they were being arrested on suspicion of murder. The suspects' Seat made off after the stricken officer became detached, with PC Bushnell in pursuit. The court has heard how PC Harper responded to a report of a stolen quad bike, when a strap trailing behind a Seat Toledo got "lassoed" around his ankles as it accelerated away. Mr Altman said: "Despite it being well beyond the end of their shift, because they were close and thought they could help, they responded to the call. Thames Valley PC Andrew Harper was "swung from side to side like a pendulum" and "died totally naked" after he was dragged down a country lane behind a speeding car, the Old Bailey heard this morning. They all admit conspiring to steal the quadbike and Long has admitted to the manslaughter of PC Harper, which the younger boys deny. Cole was also a passenger in the car at the time. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Jurors were told that the quad bike theft had been a "carefully planned" criminal enterprise. Pc Andrew Harper, 26, was killed on the A4 Bath Road between Reading and Newbury last night. I had been outside just for a cigarette but otherwise had not left. Mr Altman said the vehicle came straight at him very quickly, forcing him to veer to the left as it passed, narrowly missing him. You can get the latest news for Berkshire straight to your mobile or tablet when you download the free BerkshireLive app. Andrew Harper the latest PC to lose his life on the front line It remains unclear how PC Harper "came to be out of his vehicle and then caught under the suspect vehicle". Several members of PC Harper's family were in court as the prosecution case opened. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. '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. Chief Constable John Campbell said Pc Harper was at the scene with a fellow officer and was out of his police car when the incident took place. Henry Long, 19, Jessie Cole, 18, and Albert Bower, 18, have been charged with the murder of PC Harper. 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. He remembered saying the word "body" out loud but did not know whether this was transmitted.". PC Andrew Harper had such 'horrific' and 'catastrophic' injuries on the night of his death that his colleague did not recognise him, a court has heard. He was driving a car at "breakneck speed" which swung PC Andrew Harper "like a pendulum" along a country lane on August 15, 2019. 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The prosecution opened the case against the three teenagers at the Old Bailey in London on Tuesday (June 23). They were determined to succeed, having been thwarted once already. The trial continues. He described PC Harper as completely naked, save his boots and his socks. "It was, as the witness described it, like a 'rag doll' and he saw PC Harper's body strike the kerb.". An online petition to overturn the verdicts in the killing of PC Andrew Harper has more than 200,000 signatures. Our grandson Andrew was killed last night while doing his police work. `I am employed as a Senior Case Manager by Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC, located at `777 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017. 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. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. A mannequin similar in weight to PC Harper was strapped to the back of the Seat Toledo and dragged along the same route as officers reconstructed his death. His grandmother Maureen Shrimpton wrote: "Just a really horrible day. The 28-year-old policeman had become dislodged by. The defendants had allegedly disconnected brake, side and indicator lights to help them disappear into the night. 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. The court heard the defendants had made off with the expensive Honda quad bike, secured to their Seat Toledo getaway car by a tow rope tied around its handlebars, but came face-to-face with the police on Admoor Lane. On March 4, 2022, I caused to be served the following: ` `a. 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. PC Andrew Harper murder trial jurors are taken to place where he died to see reconstruction of how 'he was dragged to his death snared in tow rope behind battered Seat Toledo' Pc Harper. By 'To his right he saw out of the corner of his eye something moving and tumbling in the road. He says: "I've got four masked men outside my house and they've got weapons.". 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. Prosecutor Brian Altman QC told the court: 'In his opinion, PC Harper's lower legs became entangled in a rope attached to the Seat car causing him to fall violently to the ground in an unprotected manner, sustaining a head injury which would likely have resulted in deep unconsciousness.'. "[That] is consistent with our current belief that Andrew was caught between a vehicle and the road and then dragged for a distance.". PC Kluger and other officers used a defibrillator to try to save PC Harper and he "said something like: 'Stay with me, buddy, the ambulance will be here soon and they'll sort you out'". He has been dragged just over a mile for 91 seconds before he is dislodged on the other side of the A4. The officer on duty with PC Harper was not physically injured but is being given emotional support, Thames Valley Police said. 'Mr Simon Hall drove the car with his three colleagues. He recalled both being very quiet and calm and neither appeared particularly shocked or surprised by what was being said.'. 'The drag effect on both the steering and the handling of the car, and, most significantly, the noise of the mannequin being dragged along the road, meant that its presence behind the vehicle was clear and obvious.'. 2023 BBC. 'You will want to ask what else can sensibly explain the manner of his driving? Prosecuting, Brian Altman, QC described how two of PC Harper's colleagues, both police dog handlers, were waiting in their cars at the A4 junction after being alerted to what had happened. 'I do not believe that I have been in a beige SEAT Toledo number plate GK53.. "He heard a bang, and he thought he might have screamed due to the shock of what he had just seen. Thames Valley Police said on Saturday it had been granted an extra 36 hours to question the suspects. A great cop, a great man, a great friend. 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