PC Andrew Harper, a rapid response officer with the force's roads and traffic command. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Long, of Mortimer, Reading, admits manslaughter and conspiracy to steal but denies murder. "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. PC Andrew Harper was "swung like a pendulum" and left nearly naked after being dragged along the road for more than a mile, a court has heard. 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Mr Kemp said: '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. PC Andrew Harper's body was so bloodied after being dragged to his death his colleagues thought it was a deer carcass, a court has heard. 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 Harper died at the scene a short time later. Timeline of the PC Andrew Harper case August 15 2019, 4.50pm Henry Long, Albert Bowers, Jessie Cole and Thomas King arrive at the home of Peter Wallis in Bradfield Southend, Berkshire, to steal . James Wood For Mailonline The whole incident takes around 30 seconds. By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. As PC Harper tried to stop him, the officer's feet were encircled in the crane strap, and he was dragged along as Long drove off. He was dragged for more than a mile of winding country road with his uniform gradually stripped from his body. Another witness heard tyres screeching, which jurors were told "sounded like a wheel without a tyre on it". Opening the case, prosecutor Brian Altman QC told the jury: "Andrew Harper, a serving police constable of Thames Valley Police, was killed in truly shocking circumstances. 11.10pm: Long, Bowers and Cole return to Mr Wallis's house and, over 15 minutes, steal his quad bike. "Therefore I would reiterate our plea for the public and the media not to speculate on the circumstances of the incident while the investigation is ongoing. He described PC Harper as completely naked, save his boots and his socks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. One tribute, accompanied by an image of PC Harper smiling with a friend, said: "Harps, I am truly gutted. Mr Laidlaw told jurors that Long was driving the SEAT being used to tow the stolen quad bike, Bower was in the passenger seat and Cole was on the quad bike steering it as it free-wheeled behind. An online petition to overturn the verdicts in the killing of PC Andrew Harper has more than 200,000 signatures. Neither were found to have a mobile phone on them or in the caravan. PC Harper's alleged killers drove straight at a police car in their bid 'not to get caught at all costs', jurors heard. 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.'. Pc Harper, 28, eventually became disentangled but died from his injuries in the road. Defence barrister Rossano Scamardella QC said: "You pleaded guilty to manslaughter - why? Pc Harper, 28, died from his injuries when he was caught in a strap attached to the back of a car and dragged down a winding country road as the trio fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, on the night of August 15 2019. PC Andrew Harper: Prosecutors explain circumstances of death. The 28-year-old policeman had become dislodged by. PC Harper attended a suspected burglary with a colleague in a marked car at 11.30pm on Thursday, August 15, 2019. 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 car left it late to brake at the junction and then pulled out in front of him, causing him to slam on his brakes," Mr Altman explained. 'There was a constant stretch of a crimson blood red track that was clearly still wet and glistening in the light of their headlights,' Mr Altman said. Mr Altman said the vehicle came straight at him very quickly, forcing him to veer to the left as it passed, narrowly missing him. Jurors were shown video from a police helicopter above a travellers' camp site where the suspects' Seat was located. PC Harper died from multiple injuries after he responded to reports of a vehicle being stolen and ended up caught in a strap behind the vehicle near Sulhamstead, Berkshire on August 15 last year. "So proud of him. He denied hearing or noticing anything being dragged behind the car. Bespectacled Thomas King, 21, of Bramley, Hampshire, earlier admitted conspiring to steal the same quad bike belonging to Peter Wallace and will be sentenced on a date to be fixed. He was pictured smirking and laughing along with his friends when they arrived at court. Mr Laidlaw QC added: "The snaking trail of marks, abrasion and scuff marks, blood and body matter left behind on the road surface by this course of driving, as well as the clothing that was ripped from PC Harper as he was dragged to his death, illustrates that a deliberate attempt was made to dislodge him from the strap.". "We are shocked and saddened by the death of our colleague". When they came across PC Harper and his colleague, the youth on the bike unhitched the strap and tried to get into the Seat, jurors heard. Meanwhile, Long heads towards Ufton Court but gets stuck behind a wedding coach and turns back, forcing PC Bushnell to take evasive action to avoid a head-on collision, the court is told. They avoided murder charges and were instead convicted on manslaughter, pushing widow Lissie Harper to fight for Harper's Law. "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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 'This evidence further demonstrates the defendants' determination to escape and not get caught at all costs.'. The court heard earlier today how PC Harper was killed when he was dragged along by a car and was thrown around 'like a rag doll'. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. 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. My fingerprints or DNA will not be on the quad bike. On this occasion, he said it became obvious that he was dragging the mannequin. Not only did they have gloves and masks to avoid detection, they had tools with them which might easily have been used as weapons, it was claimed. 11.31pm: PC Shaw reaches the A4 and Ufton Lane where he finds his colleague having followed a trail of road marks, blood and body matter. The officer who was with him, PC Andrew Shaw, likened the moment he was dragged away to when a water-skier loses his footing and is whipped forward before he lands on his back. PC Harper died from multiple injuries after he responded to reports of a vehicle being stolen and ended up caught in a strap behind the vehicle near Sulhamstead, Berkshire on August 15 last year. "His injuries were simply not survivable, and he could not be saved. The suspects' Seat made off after the stricken officer became detached, with PC Bushnell in pursuit. The comments below have not been moderated, By 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. 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. Read our, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. A retrial gets under way. 'We watched DVD's. When he was charged with the murder of PC Harper, Long said: 'I don't give a f***,' the court heard. She said the 10 boys and men had been arrested at council-run caravan and mobile home site, Four Houses Corner, about three miles from where PC Harper died. 'He must have communicated to the others that he had just escaped a policeman in uniform. 'During the night-time sortie, we know the brake and rear side lights had been deliberately disabled to effect an escape in the dark along unlit country lanes. "[That] is consistent with our current belief that Andrew was caught between a vehicle and the road and then dragged for a distance.". 11.17pm: Mr Wallis makes a 999 call to report a theft in progress. Long also admits manslaughter. 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. 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. 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. Cole was also a passenger in the car at the time. PC Andrew Harper's body was so bloodied after being dragged to his death his colleagues thought it was a deer carcass, a court has heard. opened the case against the three teenagers at the Old Bailey in London on Tuesday (June 23). Long was arrested at the Fendt Diamond caravan site along with one of the 17-year-olds. Henry Long, 18, of Mortimer, Reading, and two 17-year-old boys deny murder. Cole unhitched the bike and dived through a passenger window to escape the hero cop who had got out of the unmarked BMW police car. PC Harper ran behind to intercept him, Mr Altman said: "Illuminated by the rear lights of the police car, as well as by the pulsating blue and white emergency lights, [the youth] could not failed to have seen Pc Harper, who was within feet of him and to have realised he was a police officer in full uniform.". PC Andrew Harper had such 'horrific' and 'catastrophic' injuries on the night of his death that his colleague did not recognise him, a court has heard. Prosecutors alleged that the couple stole the victim's wallet and sexually assaulted him, in addition to kicking him a total of 61 times. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 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. "He did not recall seeing any shoes on the body but thought there were dark coloured trousers. 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". A police officer called to the aftermath of the death of PC Andrew Harper saw his body tumbling in the road, a court has heard. The trial continues and is due to last up to five weeks. 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. 'I was with my auntie Sammi Jo and her husband Sammy Smith. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The Seat is then driven at speed towards Four Houses Corner and PC Bushnell loses sight, jurors hear. 'And in the glare of those blue and white emergency lights and the police car's rear lights, the 17-year-old could have been in no doubt whatsoever that he was feet and indeed just seconds away from being apprehended by a policeman in uniform by the courageous PC Harper as is obvious by the 17-year-old having to jump through a window to get into the SEAT car to flee. 'They were gloved up, masked up and we suggest you might conclude, on this second occasion, quite deliberately tooled-up to meet with serious violence, if necessary, any challenge by anyone. 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. Long, 19, and Cole and Bowers, both aged 18, go on trial at the Old Bailey for murder. It means Long has driven at an average speed of 42.5mph, the court is told. It was a senseless killing of a young police officer in the line of duty; a young man who was doing no more than his job.". The court also heard how driver Jack Whittenham saw the police officer's body attached to the back of the car as it reached the turn off at the A4, who too thought it was a bloodied deer. He thought the rope was wrapped a couple of times around both feet of the body, which was being dragged along by the vehicle. Ten males aged between 13 and 30 have been arrested on suspicion of murder. 10 boys and men aged between 13 and 30 were arrested on suspicion of murder and police have now been granted a 36-hour extension to continue questioning them. Newlywed Pc Harper was responding to reports of a burglary last Thursday night when he was hit and dragged under vehicle in Sulhamstead, West Berkshire. PC Andrew Shaw, who responded to a report of a stolen quad bike with PC. 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. Keep up with breaking news, traffic and travel updates and whats on from across the county plus unrivalled Reading FC coverage. 'Neither flinched. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Harper, a 28-year-old Thames Valley police officer, was carried behind a Seat Toledo for more than a mile after attempting to apprehend quad bike thieves. Driver Henry Long, 18, allegedly swerved from side to side in an attempt to free the officer, causing him to hit hedgerows and other items in the lane. 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. 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