Three teenagers have been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm in connection with the death of an autistic 13-year-old in Reading on Sunday, Thames Valley Police said.
The widow of Pc Andrew Harper has said she is “disappointed” after the Court of Appeal rejected a bid by the Attorney General to increase the sentences of her husband’s killers.
The sentences given to three teenagers for the manslaughter of Pc Andrew Harper will not be changed after the Court of Appeal dismissed challenges by the Attorney General and the trio.
The Court of Appeal will rule on whether Pc Andrew Harper’s killers’ sentences for manslaughter are “unduly lenient” following a bid by the Attorney General to have them increased.
Pc Andrew Harper’s widow has vowed to continue the “agonising battle for justice” as she awaits the result of a bid by the Attorney General to increase the sentences of her husband’s killers.
The leader of the three teenagers who killed Pc Andrew Harper should have been given a life sentence, the Attorney General has told the Court of Appeal.
Three teenagers who killed Pc Andrew Harper will have their sentences challenged as being “unduly lenient” at the Court of Appeal as they also mount their own appeals against their jail terms.
The widow of Pc Andrew Harper will meet with the Home Secretary on Monday to press forward with her plans to create a new law in her slain husband’s memory.
Police have arrested a 23-year-old man, who is in hospital with serious injuries, on suspicion of the murder of a woman whose body was discovered at a National Trust estate.
The paternal grandparents of three children killed in the A40 horror smash on the way home from a weekend visit have described the “nightmare” of having to bury three grandchildren and their daughter-in-law.