Pc Andrew Harper, 26, was killed on the A4 Bath Road between Reading and Newbury last night. 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. He says: "I've got four masked men outside my house and they've got weapons.". The defendants deny murder but have admitted conspiracy to steal the quad bike. Credit: PA Mr Harper, left wearing only his socks and boots, suffered injuries that were unsurvivable, the court heard. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Andrew Harper suffered "catastrophic" injuries after being dragged behind the vehicle in Berkshire in August. By Harry Howard and Joe Middleton For Mailonline, Published: 13:30 EST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 21:19 EST, 1 July 2020. "He was clearly a man who, in his short time, touched many lives," Mr Barber added. Pc Andrew Harper, 28, pictured with his wife Lissie, had been described as a . On August 17 2019, Thames Valley Police's . Jurors were told they had been trying to escape police, having been caught in the act of stealing the bike from Bradfield Southend at 11.17pm. PC Shaw told jurors: "I thought maybe he slipped on something. 'That as a description is supported by the findings at post-mortem, where the pathologist found that PC Harper had suffered a very severe injury to the brain which is likely to have rendered him unconscious, presumably from the back of his head striking the ground.'. Jurors have been told the case is being re-tried after the original trial, which began in February, was abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic. Pc Shaw turned his vehicle around, expecting to find PC Harper waiting for him. The Thames Valley Police officer, 28, died after being dragged for more than a mile along . An artist's impression of Henry Long, 18, who, alongside two 17 year olds, stands accused of PC Harper's murder Credit: PA:Press Association. 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. Giving evidence, PC Shaw described the moment his colleague appeared to fall over and disappear from view. PC Andrew Harper: Prosecutors explain circumstances of death. 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Eyewitness Jack Whittenham, who had been driving on the A4, described seeing Pc Harper's body being dragged on the road and hitting the curb, before he became detached from the Seat. Mr Campbell said the officer was a "highly regarded, popular member of the team" and his death was a "significant loss" to the force and also to his colleagues and friends. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. PC Shaw made the grim discovery a short time later. Mr Laidlaw said the thieves were determined to take the vehicle "whatever the cost", having been disturbed earlier in the day. He died totally naked apart from his socks and boots, and some shredded remnants of the trousers he was wearing. 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. "It was, as the witness described it, like a 'rag doll' and he saw PC Harper's body strike the kerb.". PC Andrew Harper was responding to a reported theft four hours past the end of his shift on August 15 last year, when his ankles got caught in a tow rope attached to the suspects' getaway car. He was a rapid response officer with the force's roads and traffic command. He was pulled along winding country roads for more than a mile at speeds of some 42mph before he became detached in Ufton Lane off the A4. On August 15 last year, PC Harper attended reports of a quad bike theft in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, at about 11.17pm. PC Harper was dragged for about a mile and after he became detached from the vehicle in a country lane near Sulhamstead, Berkshire, several officers tried to save him. Pc Andrew Harper memorial ride - in pictures 1 / 24 . Describing the moment PC Harper got caught in the strapping, prosecutor Mr Laidlaw told jurors: 'What of course PC Harper had not seen, but each of these defendants would have known, was that the loop of strapping now on the ground and being dragged behind the SEAT was still attached to the hinge of the boot lid of the vehicle. Henry Long, 18, of Mortimer, Reading, and two 17-year-old boys deny murder. The officer who was with him, PC Andrew Shaw, likened the moment he was dragged away by the SEAT vehicle to when a water-skier loses his footing and is whipped forward before landing on his back. This massacre took place in a small town around 70KM from Munich Germany, on the 31st of march 1922 ( the 100-year anniversary this past march) The Hinterkaifeck farm was owned by a family called the Gruber family, the Gruber family consisted of: Andreas Gruber (aged 63) and Czilia Gruber (aged 72); their widowed daughter Viktoria Gabriel . The Old Bailey heard a statement from PC Simon Pink who said he knew 28-year-old PC Harper but "from the injuries I saw I could not recognise him". On Wednesday, a jury in their retrial retraced the route the thieves took, walking the final leg across the A4 to view the place where PC Harper died. iskolarling estilo sa pagsulat; belmont cragin shooting 2022; thank you letter to colleagues when leaving company; co producer of the view walters; Events. Thomas King, 21, of Lane End, Bramley, Hants, earlier admitted conspiring to steal the same quad bike belonging to Peter Wallace and will be sentenced on a date to be fixed. The trial continues. 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. Mr Wallis told the Thames Valley Police operator: Ive got four masked men outside my house and theyve got weapons. The defendants are arrested in the early hours. Do not sell or share my personal information. With the strapping laying loose on the ground, Cole then tried to get into the SEAT car but was unable to, he said. 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The Old Bailey has heard that Pc Harper died from catastrophic injuries after his legs got entangled in a tow rope attached to the back of the Seat, driven by 18-year-old Henry Long. Newlywed Pc Andrew Harper, 28, became entangled in a tow rope attached to their Seat Toledo as he tried to catch them and was dragged to his death. He thought the rope was wrapped a couple of times around both feet of the body, which was being dragged along by the vehicle. It looked like a rag doll.. But he said there would have been nothing from the appearance of the BMW to tell the defendants that there were two police officers inside. "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," Mr Altman said. Pc Shaw told jurors he set off in the car to find his colleague and came across his stab vest further down the lane. Driver Henry Long was jailed for 16 years for his . PC Andrew Harper was killed while attending a reported burglary in a rural area of Berkshire. The Seat driver Henry Long, 19, and his passengers Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both 18, from near Reading, have admitted conspiring to steal the 10,000 quad bike but have denied Pc Harpers murder. 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. They are confronted by Mr Wallis and leave empty-handed. 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. Andrew Harper, 28, suffered "utterly catastrophic" injuries as he was dragged to his death in Berkshire last August, a court has heard. 'Tragically, at that very moment and still in the act of chasing Jessie Cole down, PC Harper must have quite unwittingly stepped, with both feet, into the loop made of the strapping trailed behind the SEAT. PC Andrew Harper's widower LISSIE HARPER is seen arriving at 10 Downing Street.Offenders whose crimes lead to the death of an emergency service worker in the line of duty will receive mandatory life sentences under a new law brought about after the death of a police officer, Andrew Harper. In the next 15 seconds Cole removed the loop of strapping from the handlebars of the quad bike, Mr Laidlaw told the court. 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Long, 19, and Cole and Bowers, both aged 18, go on trial at the Old Bailey for murder. Long has admitted manslaughter but denies intending to harm the 28-year-old officer. A group of officers could be seen gathered around floral tributes reading messages to their fallen colleague. PC Harper ran after him and PC Shaw turned on the blue and white flashing lights of the car. 20-year-old man charged with murder of PC Andrew Harper, Artist impression of Henry Long (L) Albert Bowers (C) and Jessie Cole (R) at the Old Bailey, PC Andrew Shaw was working with PC Harper on the night, The tragic incident took place on a country lane. Read about our approach to external linking. The first stop was the Bull Inn, where the defendants were allegedly spotted before a first failed attempt to steal the quad bike, The 'endless loop' tow rope, which Pc Harper got caught in, had been re-attached to the rear of the Seat for the jury to see. PC Harper, who got married four weeks ago, was killed on the A4 Bath Road. The officer followed the car into Ufton Lane and it sped away when he illuminated his blue lights. 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A post-mortem revealed the devastating effect of even the initial injuries, thought to have been sustained when the back of PC Harper's head struck the ground. Follow updates from the PC Andrew Harper trial . Ms Kent told a press conference: "A post-mortem was carried out on Andrew's body yesterday and the cause of death has . Blue silk posies tied to street posts marked the area where the 28-year-old Thames Valley police officer fell after being dragged more than a mile behind a car on the night of August 15 last year. Our grandson Andrew was killed last night while doing his police work. He was dragged for more than a mile of winding country road with his uniform gradually stripped from his body. A police officer who was dragged behind a car sustained such severe injuries one of his colleagues "could not recognise him", a court has heard. Into Ufton lane and it would cost Andrew Harper was killed on the A4 Bath Road between and. 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