The widow of a police officer has said she hopes people will share a petition calling for his killers to be denied early release from prison, insisting she “will not give up”.
PC Andrew Harper, from Wallingford, died in 2019 when he was dragged by a car as three teenagers fled the scene of a Berkshire quad bike theft.
Under updated plans to tackle prison overcrowding, two of PC Harper’s killers – Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers – would be eligible for release next year.
Justice Secretary Alex Norris said the government was trying to avert “a prison capacity crisis”.
Lissie Harper said: “Hopefully we can make the current government come to their senses and realise we cannot put people like this back on our streets.
“Justice should mean justice and serving the sentence given.”
As of just after 08:30 BST, the petition had over 440,000 signatures. It was started by Aileen O’Connor, chair of Thames Valley Police Federation.
