PC Harper, 28, sustained fatal injuries while responding to a quad bike theft in Berkshire in 2019.

The mother of police officer Andrew Harper has said it feels like an "insult" that two of her son's killers may be eligible for early release from prison. PC Harper was 28 when he sustained fatal injuries while responding to a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, in August 2019. He died after getting caught in a strap attached to the back of a car and dragged down a country road as three teenage suspects fled the scene of the burglary. Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who were passengers in the car and both 17 at the time, were handed 13 years in custody for manslaughter after a trial at the Old Bailey in 2020. Both men might be eligible to be released from prison halfway through their sentences, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed. Under the new Sentencing Act, due to come into force in September, some 6,000 criminals are set to be released under the early prison release scheme. The government has so far failed to rule out whether killers, rapists and paedophiles will be exempt from the scheme. The driver of the vehicle which caused PC Harper's death, Henry Long, received a 16-year sentence, and will not be eligible for the scheme.