Tuesday 28 June 2022 11:12 PM Widow of slain policeman says he would be 'smiling down' on her as Harper's Law ... trends now

Tuesday 28 June 2022 11:12 PM Widow of slain policeman says he would be 'smiling down' on her as Harper's Law ... trends now
Tuesday 28 June 2022 11:12 PM Widow of slain policeman says he would be 'smiling down' on her as Harper's Law ... trends now

Tuesday 28 June 2022 11:12 PM Widow of slain policeman says he would be 'smiling down' on her as Harper's Law ... trends now

The widow of slain police officer Andrew Harper said she believes he is 'smiling down at me with pride and love' after her campaign for tougher sentences for attacks on emergency service workers became law.

Lissie Harper, 31, was compelled to lobby the Government after being 'outraged' by the prison sentences handed to the three teenagers responsible for killing her husband while he responded to a burglary, hours after he was due to clock off and begin his honeymoon.

Speaking on Tuesday, as Harper's Law came into effect, Mrs Harper said: 'I will never be rid of the hollowness that the burden of grief inflicts, but I know without hesitation that my husband Andrew would be immensely proud of this achievement in his name.

'Andrew believed in fairness and peace - he had the strongest moral compass of anyone I ever met and that is why I know without a shadow of a doubt that he is smiling down at me with pride and love as Harper's Law, his legacy, is now achieved.'

Lissie Harper, 30, was left outraged after the trio who caused her husband's death escaped with sentences as low as 13 years

Lissie Harper, 30, was left outraged after the trio who caused her husband's death escaped with sentences as low as 13 years

Mrs Harper speaking to the media on College Green in Westminster, London

Mrs Harper speaking to the media on College Green in Westminster, London

Pc Harper, 28, died from his injuries when he was caught in a strap attached to the back of a car and dragged down a winding country road as the trio fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, on the night of August 15 2019.

Henry Long, 19, was sentenced to 16 years and 18-year-olds Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers were handed 13 years in custody over the manslaughter of the Thames Valley Police traffic officer.

Long, the leader of the group, admitted manslaughter, while passengers Cole and Bowers were convicted of

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