Appeal judges hear sentencing for Henry Long, 19, and two accomplices unduly lenient

The leader of the group of teenagers who killed PC Andrew Harper should have been given a life sentence, rather than the 16 years he received, while his accomplices should also have their jail terms increased from 13 years each, a court has heard.

The attorney general argued that the sentences handed to Henry Long, 19, and the 18-year-olds Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers were all unduly lenient during a court of appeal hearing on Monday.

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