Killers of PC Andrew Harper will not have longer sentences

Appeal to increase the sentences for the killers of PC Andrew Harper has been rejected.

Attorney general, Suella Braverman QC, said the manslaughter jail terms for Jessie Cole, Henry Long and Albert Bowers were "lenient" to the point of causing "widespread public concern", but added that the decision of the Court of Appeal was accepted.

Mr Cole and Mr Bowers also had their appeal, to reduce their sentences of 13 years each, rejected by Dame Victoria Sharp.

PC Harper died in Berkshire last year, after getting tangled and being dragged behind a car navigated by Mr Long, who got a 16-year sentence.

Lissie Harper, PC Harper's wife, said that she was "disappointed" by the sentences that the killers received, as it did "not reflect the severity and barbarity of the crimes they committed".

This comes as Mrs Harper has been trying to campaign to change the law, which would increase sentences of those that kill emergency service workers.

She added: "I continue to feel let down by our justice system and the inadequate laws that we have in place,"

However, Dame Victoria Sharp, as well as Mr Justice William Davis and Lord Justice Holroyde, assured PC Harper's family that no one was questioning the "seriousness of the offending" nor the "importance of the fact that the victim was a police officer engaged in performing his duty".