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Killers of emergency workers will be given life sentences under new law change

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Offenders who kill an emergency services worker while committing crime will be given mandatory life jail sentences, following a two year campaign by the widow of a police officer.

PC Andrew Harper, was dragged to his death while answering a 999 call in August 2019, after his foot got caught in a strap attached to a car.

His widow Lissie Harper, 30, previously said she was 'outraged' over the sentences handed to the three teenagers responsible for her husband’s death.

The so-called Harper’s Law is expected to make it onto the statute books via an amendment to the existing Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, meaning it would likely get Royal Assent and become law early next year.

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