Ten males aged between 13 and 30 have been. "Pc Harper was a beautiful young soul. Jurors were shown video from a police helicopter above a travellers' camp site where the suspects' Seat was located. They were determined to succeed, having been thwarted once already. A domestic violence victim told him the officer had given her the confidence to come forward about her abusive partner. 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"Mr Whittenham saw that the rope had a body attached to it. 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. And as PC Harper died, that makes Long guilty of murder.'. 'It was because the 17-year-old had unhitched the quad bike and had no time to place the crane strap into the boot that its large loop was left trailing on the road surface. "In respect of our investigation, we are interviewing those in custody, carrying out house-to-house inquiries, obtaining and reviewing CCTV footage, undertaking extensive forensic examination and taking witness statements. The 28-year-old policeman had become dislodged by. 'We watched DVD's. PC Andrew Shaw, who responded to a report of a stolen quad bike with PC. tell the story j far better v , than words . He denied hearing or noticing anything being dragged behind the car. Earlier, PC Christopher Bushnell had seen PC Harper's body 'tumbling in the road', jurors heard. Long,who was at the wheel of the SEAT Toledo, told officers he had been at home watching the action movie 'Fast and Furious' at the time and had no involvement with trying to steal the quad bike. Such were the extent of PC Harper's injuries that an eyewitness said he thought the suspects were towing a deer carcass behind their vehicle. Mr Altman said: 'For the fourth part of the reconstruction, a mannequin of a similar weight to PC Harper, wearing police uniform and equipment, was attached via a strap tied to the nearside boot hinge, and dragged along the route using the same Seat. Even though PC Harper was breathing when he was found in the road, his injuries were unsurvivable and he was pronounced dead at the scene at 11.45pm. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. PC Warren Mason said he did not see any reaction in the eyes of the two. This has been impossible for us to get our heads around. A police officer died in 'truly shocking circumstances' after being dragged behind a car by his ankles for more than a mile, the Old Bailey heard. 'I am not involved in this incident. PC Shaw made the grim discovery a short time later. The court also heard of how one witness thought he had seen "the carcass of a bloodied deer" that would later turn out, in fact, to have been PC Harper. Mr Campbell said Pc Harper joined the force as a special constable in 2010 before becoming a police officer a year later, serving in the Roads Policing Proactive Unit based at Abingdon Police Station. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? The Old Bailey today heard how the Thames Valley police constable desperately flailed his arms "like a rag doll" after he became tangled in a loading strap attached to their getaway car. Henry Long, 19, Jessie Cole, 18, and Albert Bower, 18, have been charged with the murder of PC Harper. The second day of the Old Bailey trial heard PC Andrew Harper's colleague found him 'barely alive' after he had been dragged behind a car with an eyewitness at first thinking the suspects were towing a deer carcass. I went bed I think around 10.30pm. 'Indeed, their sophisticated planning even extended to the car. PC Bushnell had directed the helicopter to the travellers' site after losing sight of the Seat about three-quarters of a mile away. He had sustained utterly catastrophic injuries. The vehicles stop, facing each other around 5 metres apart. Henry Long, 18, from Mortimer, Reading, and two 17-year-olds, who cannot be named for legal reasons, all deny murdering the Thames Valley Police officer. At the time, Andrew's widow expressed her. He is on trial for murder, along with Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, who were his passengers. The 28-year-old was killed when he was dragged behind a car. A retrial gets under way. PC Harper's colleagues have been laying floral tributes at the scene, with one message describing the officer as "Thames Valley's finest". Neither were found to have a mobile phone on them or in the caravan. PC Andrew Harper was responding to a reported theft four hours past the end of his shift when his ankles got caught in a tow rope attached to the suspects' getaway car. Mr Laidlaw QC added: "The snaking trail of marks, abrasion and scuff marks, blood and body matter left behind on the road surface by this course of driving, as well as the clothing that was ripped from PC Harper as he was dragged to his death, illustrates that a deliberate attempt was made to dislodge him from the strap.". 'During the night-time sortie, we know the brake and rear side lights had been deliberately disabled to effect an escape in the dark along unlit country lanes. 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. PC Andrew Harper's body was so bloodied after being dragged to his death his colleagues thought it was a deer carcass, a court has heard. Not only did they have gloves and masks to avoid detection, they had tools with them which might easily have been used as weapons, it was claimed. 11.45pm: PC Harper is pronounced dead in the road where he was found. ", Pc Harper's father told Sky News the family is "absolutely devastated and in a bad place.". Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Det Supt Ailsa Kent told a press conference: "A post-mortem was carried out on Andrew's body and the cause of death has been recorded as multiple injuries. An online petition to overturn the verdicts in the killing of PC Andrew Harper has more than 200,000 signatures. He is dragged away as Long accelerates off, jurors are told. "He heard a bang, and he thought he might have screamed due to the shock of what he had just seen. 'We suggest that leads to the irresistible conclusion that he intended to kill PC Harper or to do him really serious bodily injury. 'He saw the whole body striking the kerb on the other side of the road.'. Driver Henry Long, 18, allegedly swerved from side to side in an attempt to free the officer, causing him to hit hedgerows and other items in the lane. Mr Kemp said: 'As the SEAT crossed the A4, PC Kemp saw what he thought was strapping trailing from the vehicle, and, as he turned into Ufton Lane, he saw what he thought were ratchet straps in the road. Another read: "Such a shocking, mindless, horrific act of brutality. He has been dragged just over a mile for 91 seconds before he is dislodged on the other side of the A4. An examination of the officer's Mitsubishi Outlander later showed no evidence it had made any contact to PC Harper's body. 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As PC Harper tried to stop him, the officer's feet were encircled in the crane strap, and he was dragged along as Long drove off. They avoided murder charges and were instead convicted on manslaughter, pushing widow Lissie Harper to fight for Harper's Law. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. The Old Bailey has heard that Harper. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. A post-mortem examination found no injuries to indicate a strike from another vehicle, jurors were told. The court heard earlier today how PC Harper was killed when he was dragged along by a car and was thrown around 'like a rag doll'. Police woke me up. 'At the same time, he heard on the radio a message from his colleague PC Christopher Bushnell, the other dog unit, who had driven ahead of him, that there was a "body from the car" or "thrown from the car". A group of officers could be seen gathered around floral tributes reading messages to their fallen colleague. The trial continues and is due to last up to five weeks. The officer eventually became disentangled from the SEAT close to the A4, where he was found by a police dog handler colleague. Something went wrong, please try again later. "He died totally naked apart from his socks and boots, and some shredded remnants of the trousers he was wearing. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. 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