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Police call for Labour's release of killers to be stopped (criminal support network) - C C - Aug 12, 2026
Police condemn PM: In an unprecedented letter, EVERY chief constable calls for PC Harper's killers not to be freed
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16045347/police-chiefs-Britain-urging-Burnham-stop-early-release-PC-Harpers-killers.html
INTRO: Every police chief in the country has urged Andy Burnham to prevent the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers.
In an unprecedented intervention, 50 police leaders - representing every force in the UK - united to condemn Labour's soft justice reforms, calling on the Prime Minister to scrap plans to set free Jessie Cole, Albert Bowers and thousands of other dangerous prisoners.
The National Police Chiefs Council released an extraordinary joint letter from heads of 48 UK police forces, the National Crime Agency and Jersey Police, condemning the plans, warning it 'risks undermining public safety, victim confidence and wider confidence in the criminal justice system'.
The signatories want Mr Burnham to explore 'every lawful option' to stop PC Harper's killers being freed, suggesting Government's plans to early release offenders are a betrayal of a law brought in his memory. The 28-year-old newlywed was killed in the line of duty in 2019 when he was dragged behind a car for more than a mile as he tried to stop three teenagers from stealing a quad bike in Sulhamstead, Berkshire.
His widow, Lissie, fought for Harper's Law - a mandatory life sentence for anyone who kills an emergency worker in the line of duty following outrage over the sentencing of his killers.
Cole and Bowers, who were 17-year-old passengers in the getaway car at the time, were sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter in 2020. The two thugs are among a wave of killers, rapists and violent criminals set to go free from September under Labour's soft justice prisoner release scheme... (MORE - details)
Burnham's jitters & waffling ... https://youtu.be/owq3d2QV5jI