Attorney general’s office to consider whether the sentences given to three teenagers who killed a police officer were too lenientThe jail terms handed to three teenagers who killed a police officer as they tried to escape the scene of a crime have been referred to the attorney general, who will consider claims they are unduly lenient.The ringleader, 19-year-old Henry Long, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper in August 2019, while his accomplices 18-year-olds Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, were each jailed for 13 years at a hearing the Old Bailey last week. Continue reading…
Attorney general’s office to consider whether the sentences given to three teenagers who killed a police officer were too lenient
The jail terms handed to three teenagers who killed a police officer as they tried to escape the scene of a crime have been referred to the attorney general, who will consider claims they are unduly lenient.
The ringleader, 19-year-old Henry Long, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper in August 2019, while his accomplices 18-year-olds Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, were each jailed for 13 years at a hearing the Old Bailey last week.