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PC Harpers ankles got caught in a tow rope attached to the suspects' getaway car. Cole runs past the police car, pursued by PC Harper, and dives through the Seat passenger window, the Old Bailey is told. Andy Efkowitz 33. He remembered saying the word "body" out loud but did not know whether this was transmitted.". 'Indeed, their sophisticated planning even extended to the car. The Old Bailey trial heard Henry Long, 19, drove at an average speed of 42.5mph along the Admoor Lane in Berkshire, near Reading, on the evening of August 15 last year, in such a fashion that the stricken officer was "swung side-to-side like a pendulum in an effort to dislodge him". Chef, Sarah and Harry.". A judge cleared the three defendants of murder. An online petition to overturn the verdicts in the killing of PC Andrew Harper has more than 200,000 signatures. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. He is on trial for murder, along with Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, who were his passengers. And as PC Harper died, that makes Long guilty of murder.'. Forensics officers could be seen combing the area as police widened the cordon around the scene earlier. According to Long, the passengers were shouting to "go this way, go that way, slow down.". "Henry Long sped off, PC Harper was lassoed around his ankles by the loop of the strap. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 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During the trial, Bowers fell asleep as the prosecutor showed footage of Harper's ordeal. Thames Valley PC Andrew Harper was "swung from side to side like a pendulum" and "died totally naked" after he was dragged down a country lane behind a speeding car, the Old Bailey heard this morning. They allegedly dumped the 10,000 bike but pulled PC Harper, who had become trapped around the ankles, for over a mile after roaring down Lambdens Hill, a country lane in Bradfield Southend, Bekshire. Another witness heard tyres screeching, which jurors were told "sounded like a wheel without a tyre on it". 'The drag effect on both the steering and the handling of the car, and, most significantly, the noise of the mannequin being dragged along the road, meant that its presence behind the vehicle was clear and obvious.'. Andrew Harper suffered "catastrophic" injuries after being dragged behind the vehicle in Berkshire in August. The officer was "barely alive" but died at the scene a short time later. "PC Harper was completely naked at that point, save for his boots and socks. The second day of the Old Bailey trial heard PC Andrew Harper's colleague found him 'barely alive' after he had been dragged behind a car with an eyewitness at first thinking the suspects were towing a deer carcass. PC Darling described seeing 'bright red and running all the way down the centre of the road on tarmac.'. Officers are carrying out house-to-house inquiries, reviewing CCTV footage, interviewing witnesses and conducting forensic examinations, Det Supt Kent added. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Cole, from Aldermaston, and Bowers and Long, both from Mortimer, Reading, have admitted conspiring to steal the quad bike. He fell beneath the vehicle and was draggeda considerable distance, entangled with a tow rope. The trial is abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic. Chief Constable John Campbell said the death of PC Harper had left the entire force "shocked and saddened". The Thames Valley Police officer was dragged along the road for more than a mile, Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking news delivered direct to your inbox. Long, of Mortimer, Reading, admits manslaughter and conspiracy to steal but denies murder. You can opt-out at any time by signing in to your account to manage your preferences. Long also admits manslaughter. When Long was arrested after repeatedly lying to police in a series of interviews. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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. Earlier, PC Christopher Bushnell had seen PC Harper's body 'tumbling in the road', jurors heard. He attended a suspected burglary with a colleague at 11.30pm on Thursday, August 15, 2019. PC Harper, known as "Harps" to his colleagues, was part of Thames Valley's Roads Policing Unit, and had been due to work a 10am to 7pm shift that day. A brave young police officer was killed "in the line of duty" in "truly shocking circumstances" as he attempted to stop three teenagers from stealing a quad bike, a trial has heard. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Sustained a laceration of the forehead and a shoulder injury and a passenger in the machine Erma Bodner 24, received a Back injury and lacerations of both Knees both were admitted to Uniontown Hospital. It was then that he recognised that figure to be his colleague PC Harper. One, PC Andrew Kemp saw his colleague being dragged behind the car, the court heard. Dr. Andrew Cronyn Pediatrics Physician NPI Number: 1811971310 Address: 10 MAIN ST Florence, MA 01062 , Phone: 4133419400 Dr. Benjamin Harper Falk Dentist NPI Number: 1750365649 Address: 41 MAIN ST Florence, MA 01062 , Phone: 4135860320 Dr. David R Kalman Gastroenterology Physician NPI Number: 1497730675 Police are currently focusing their inquiries on one vehicle, understood to be a Seat. PC Harper died on August 15 after . 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 told the court: "PC Harper was killed in truly shocking circumstances. Henry Long, 18, and two teenage boys, both aged 17, have denied murder but admitted conspiracy to steal a quad bike. "His injuries were simply not survivable, and he could not be saved. The defendants deny murder but have admitted conspiracy to steal the quad bike. 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