The criminal justice system is in crisis, a senior police chief warned yesterday.
Thames Valley Police head Jason Hogg said PC Andrew Harper’s family had been ‘re-traumatised’ by having to fight his killers’ release.
He welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement that his officer’s killers, Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, will remain behind bars after weeks of campaigning from PC Harper’s family and colleagues to block their release.
The chief constable described changes to the prison early-release scheme to exclude anyone convicted of unlawful killing as part of PC Harper’s enduring legacy.
But he acknowledged that many other victims’ families would be disappointed that the
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