Court dismisses attorney general’s appeal against manslaughter, as well as killers’ appeals against custodial terms

The sentences given to the killers of PC Andrew Harper, who was dragged to his death in August 2019, remain unchanged after challenges at the court of appeal.

Harper, 28, was caught in a strap attached to the back of a car driven by Henry Long, 19, and dragged along a winding country road as Jessie Cole and Albert Bower fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Berkshire on the night of 15 August 2019.

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