PM asks justice secretary to find way to keep PC Harper's killers in jail
It was awful.""To think they could be released early is absolutely outrageous," Bushnell said."I'm angry with them, but I'm also angry with the government. They're spitting in the face of police officers."Aileen O'Connor, chairwoman of Thames Valley Police Federation, added: "The public are speaking loudly and clearly. As of this year, more than 2,000 people are still in prison on IPP sentences according to the United Nations (UN),, external who have called for the end of IPP sentences."I think somebody has to just seize the thing and get it sorted," Dame Vera said.
- ▪It was awful.""To think they could be released early is absolutely outrageous," Bushnell said."I'm angry with them, but I'm also angry with the government.
- ▪They're spitting in the face of police officers."Aileen O'Connor, chairwoman of Thames Valley Police Federation, added: "The public are speaking loudly and clearly.
- ▪As of this year, more than 2,000 people are still in prison on IPP sentences according to the United Nations (UN),, external who have called for the end of IPP sentences."I think somebody has to just seize the thing and get it sorted," Dame
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PM asks justice secretary to find way to keep PC Harper's killers in jailImage source, PA MediaImage caption, Albert Bowers (left) and Jessie Cole (centre), seen leaving court in 2019, are eligible to be freed under the early release scheme ByHarry Farley, Political correspondent, Helena Wilkinson, News correspondent and Marcus White, South of EnglandPublished9 minutes agoPrime Minister Andy Burnham has told his justice secretary to find a way to exclude PC Andrew Harper's killers from an early release scheme designed to ease prison overcrowding.Burnham is confident a solution can be found to remove Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who were sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter in 2020, from the government plan, the BBC has been told.Downing Street had earlier warned that it would not be…
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