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Police chiefs call for PM to prevent early release of PC Harper's killers
The chiefs want an extra safeguard for the most serious offenders as two of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers are due for release next year.
- Fifty police chiefs signed an open letter urging Prime Minister Andy Burnham to use "every lawful option" to prevent the early release of Andrew Harper's killers, demanding additional public protection safeguards for serious offenders.
- Under the Sentencing Act, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole are eligible for release next year halfway through their 13-year sentences, whereas offenders previously served two-thirds of their terms before release eligibility.
- Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley and National Crime Agency Director General Graeme Biggar signed the letter, stating families and victims "must be properly considered whenever significant changes are made to sentencing or release arrangements."
- The Prime Minister claimed he is "pressing every single day to go further" to limit releases, having ordered Justice Secretary Alex Norris to increase cell capacity to keep serious offenders behind bars.
- Police leaders emphasize that officers must "be able to trust that the justice system will stand behind them" when facing danger, citing the 2019 killing of Harper in Sulhamstead, Berkshire.
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