What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. PC Andrew Harper was newly married when he died, PC Andrew Harper with his father-in-law Simon. PC Harpers body was completely naked apart from his socks when discovered by the officers horrified colleagues. He was still on duty with crew mate PC Andrew Shaw at 11.17pm, and they were driving in an unmarked police BMW fitted with emergency lights. Earlier, PC Christopher Bushnell had seen PC Harper's body 'tumbling in the road', jurors heard. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. He denied hearing or noticing anything being dragged behind the car. $100 a month for miners Over 60 rears near Pitts Harper their vehicle struck a Bridge and Tion pit at Library . On Monday, the two 17-year-olds, who cannot be named due to their age, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal a quad bike. Two teenagers, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also stand accused of murder and all three have already admitted conspiracy to steal a quad bike in relation to the incident. FREE FREE FREE "Candleglow" 7 Pc. PC Bushnell had directed the helicopter to the travellers' site after losing sight of the Seat about three-quarters of a mile away. The prosecution opened the case against the three teenagers at the Old Bailey in London on Tuesday (June 23). PC Katherine Darling responding to the radio call for assistance and PC Paul South, both described seeing blood trails on the road. Thames Valley Police said on Saturday it had been granted an extra 36 hours to question the suspects. At the time, Andrew's widow expressed her. 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. You can sign up to receive push notifications, which means you'll always be the first to know what's happening in the area. 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It is attached to a Seat Toledo by a strap and ridden by Cole. Mr Laidlaw described how Mr Long drove up a verge to round the unmarked car, while Cole ran to catch up after having dislodged a tow rope from around the handlebars of the quad bike, leaving it loose on the road. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Henry Long, 19, had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter, Albert Bowers, 18, was found guilty of manslaughter, Jessie Cole, 18, was also convicted of manslaughter, PC Andrew Harper died just four weeks after his wedding day, He fell beneath the vehicle and was dragged, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Forensics officers could be seen combing the area as police widened the cordon around the scene earlier. "This was a completely senseless killing of a young police officer in the line of duty.". A group of officers could be seen gathered around floral tributes reading messages to their fallen colleague. PC Harper's colleagues have been laying floral tributes at the scene, with one message describing the officer as "Thames Valley's finest". "So proud of him. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. The trial continues and is due to last up to five weeks. I am over the age of eighteen years and am `not a party to the above-captioned action. PC Andrew Harper was responding to a report of a quad bike theft in Berkshire, Henry Long (left) and two 17-year-old defendants - who cannot be identified due to their age - are in the dock at the Old Bailey. Swans swim in a flooded field near Ibsley in Hampshire (Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA) The Met Office has issued three yellow warnings for "persistent heavy rain" and there are flood alerts across Britain as the wet weather shows little sign of letting up. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Ten males aged between 13 and 30 have been arrested on suspicion of murder. PC Harpers ankles got caught in a tow rope attached to the suspects' getaway car. The officer on duty with PC Harper was not physically injured but is being given emotional support, Thames Valley Police said. Prosecutor Brian Altman QC told the court: 'In his opinion, PC Harper's lower legs became entangled in a rope attached to the Seat car causing him to fall violently to the ground in an unprotected manner, sustaining a head injury which would likely have resulted in deep unconsciousness.'. One tribute, accompanied by an image of PC Harper smiling with a friend, said: "Harps, I am truly gutted. "But the prosecution case is that it must have been very quickly clear to Henry Long, who was after all at the wheel of the car, that the vehicle was now dragging somebody behind it.". 'This had all been very carefully planned and thought through. Read about our approach to external linking. PC Andrew Harper was killed in Berkshire on Thursday, Police officers have been at a caravan site near to the scene where PC Harper was killed, Tributes to PC Harper have been laid at the scene, One message described PC Harper as "Thames Valley's finest", PC Harper got married to his fiance Lissie just four weeks ago. The vehicles stop, facing each other around 5 metres apart. The Old Bailey heard a statement from PC Simon Pink who said he knew 28-year-old PC Harper but "from the injuries I saw I could not recognise him". The Seat is then driven at speed towards Four Houses Corner and PC Bushnell loses sight, jurors hear. Long replied: "Because I accept that I killed him from what I was doing, the way I was driving. Jurors were told that the quad bike theft had been a "carefully planned" criminal enterprise. "Pc Harper was a beautiful young soul. 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"During the course of that high-speed journey, and until at last, he became disentangled, his police uniform was quite literally ripped and stripped from his body. A police officer in pursuit of the suspects had paused at a fork in the road when he saw the Seat heading back towards him. He attended a suspected burglary with a colleague at 11.30pm on Thursday, August 15, 2019. "With his ankles caught in a strap that was trailing behind a car being driven at speed along a country lane, he was dragged for over a mile along the road surface, swung from side to side like a pendulum in an effort to dislodge him, losing items of his police uniform along the way, with the rest of his uniform being quite literally ripped and stripped from his body. 'Whether you accept that proposition will be a matter for you to decide on the totality of the evidence.'. Cole runs past the police car, pursued by PC Harper, and dives through the Seat passenger window, the Old Bailey is told. Two police dog handlers had been alerted and were waiting in their cars at the A4 junction. PC Andrew Harper was responding to a report of a quad bike theft in Berkshire A police officer who was dragged behind a car sustained such severe injuries one of his colleagues "could not. 11.28pm: The officers get a first glimpse of the Seat headlights approaching their car in Admoor Lane. PC Andy Kemp, who responded to the quad bike theft report, told the jury he saw a car come "straight through the junction" of Lambdens Hill with the A4. He added: 'He had sustained utterly catastrophic injuries.'. You can find it for Apple devices here and Android devices here. Long then sped off from the scene, but in the act of chasing Cole, PC Harper "unwittingly stepped, with both feet, into the loop made on the road surface by the trailing strap". 'Mr Simon Hall drove the car with his three colleagues. My cousin Shelby Smith and my other cousin. One witness in the area at the time described a rope coming from the boot of the Seat attached to what appeared to be "the bloodied carcass of a deer", the court heard. 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 trial continues. Detectives investigating the death of a police officer have said he died of "multiple injuries", as they were given more time to question 10 suspects. Several members of PC Harper's family were in court as the prosecution case opened. Long has admitted manslaughter. 'Indeed, their sophisticated planning even extended to the car. Jurors were told that consultant forensic pathologist Dr Ashley Fegan-Earl believed PC Harper would have been rendered deeply unconscious as soon as he hit the ground. He recalled both being very quiet and calm and neither appeared particularly shocked or surprised by what was being said.'. On 15 August 2019, 28-year-old English police constable Andrew Harper was killed near Sulhamstead, Berkshire, England in the line of duty.Harper and a fellow officer were responding to a report of a burglary, after which Harper was dragged behind a car for a mile (1.6 km), causing his death.In July 2020, three teenage males were found guilty of manslaughter and received sentences of 16 and 13 . The number plates were taped over during the first sortie to avoid identification of the car and ultimately them. "The cause of death is consistent with our current belief that Andrew was caught between a vehicle and the road and then dragged for a distance. Prosecuting, Brian Altman, QC described how two of PC Harper's colleagues, both police dog handlers, were waiting in their cars at the A4 junction after being alerted to what had happened. 11.29pm: Over a minute after PC Harper's disappearance, PC Shaw - looking for his colleague - stops to recover PC Harper's stab vest, which is in two parts in the road. 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Bowers and Cole were instead convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter - which Long had previously admitted. Mr Campbell said the officer was a "highly regarded, popular member of the team" and his death was a "significant loss" to the force and also to his colleagues and friends. A post-mortem recorded the 28-year-old roads policing officers cause of death as multiple injuries. 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. The prosecutor said: "What of course PC Harper had not seen, but each of these defendants would have known, was that the loop of strapping now on the ground and being dragged behind the Seat was still attached to the hinge of the boot lid of the vehicle. Andrew Harper the latest PC to lose his life on the front line It remains unclear how PC Harper "came to be out of his vehicle and then caught under the suspect vehicle". Long, of Mortimer, Reading, also admits manslaughter. The trial is abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic. "There will always be a part of my heart missing now. "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," Mr Altman said. He died of multiple injuries. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. PC Harper's parents and his widow Lissie Harper were among those attending the court on Tuesday. "He recalled all of a sudden seeing a flailing arm and a head that was arched back as if someone was doing back stroke and coming directly towards him out of the exhaust smoke," Mr Altman continued. 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. The newly married police officer, 28, suffered. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. "During the course of that high-speed journey, and until at last he became disentangled, his police uniform was quite literally ripped and stripped from his body. He told the court: "PC Harper was killed in truly shocking circumstances. Ovenware Set With $19.50 in Dry Cleaning during June, July, August (Offer Expires August 31, 1971) Pick up your card at: REEVES CLEANERS, INC. "The Best In Dry Cleaning" 211 South 6th Street Whitmire's Isest f r Gifts FOR FATHER'S DAY Gifts that . ", Pc Harper's father told Sky News the family is "absolutely devastated and in a bad place.". The court heard that PC Harper had been responding to reports of a break in before events that night spiralled out of control. He is on trial for murder, along with Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, who were his passengers. Pc Andrew Harper was responding to a reported burglary in Sulhamstead, west Berkshire, on Thursday when he was caught between a vehicle and the road and then dragged for a distance.. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Meanwhile, the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter, is directed to the nearby Four Houses Corner travellers' site in search of the suspects. The officer who was with him, PC Andrew Shaw, likened the moment he was dragged away by the SEAT vehicle to when a water-skier loses his footing and is whipped forward before landing on his back. Jurors were told they had been trying to escape police, having been caught in the act of stealing the bike from Bradfield Southend at 11.17pm. A judge cleared the three defendants of murder. One, PC Andrew Kemp saw his colleague being dragged behind the car, the court heard. 11.10pm: Long, Bowers and Cole return to Mr Wallis's house and, over 15 minutes, steal his quad bike. Pc Andrew Harper, 28, died from multiple injuries after being dragged under a van on August 15. No. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. I had been outside just for a cigarette but otherwise had not left. Mr Altman said the vehicle came straight at him very quickly, forcing him to veer to the left as it passed, narrowly missing him. An officer has shared the moment he made the "gruesome discovery" of PC Andrew Harper who was lying gravely injured in a country lane. Chief Constable John Campbell said Pc Harper was at the scene with a fellow officer and was out of his police car when the incident took place. Police are currently focusing their inquiries on one vehicle, understood to be a Seat. 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