Burnham 'confident' early release of PC Harper's killers can be halted
Related topicsAndy BurnhamUK prisonsMore on this storyPM asks justice secretary to find way to keep PC Harper's killers in jailPublished3 hours agoBurnham orders review of grooming gang early releasesPublished4 days agoSend foreign prisoners abroad to end early releases, says ReformPublished20 hours ago
- ▪Related topicsAndy BurnhamUK prisonsMore on this storyPM asks justice secretary to find way to keep PC Harper's killers in jailPublished3 hours agoBurnham orders review of grooming gang early releasesPublished4 days agoSend foreign prisoner
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- ▪ How can Andy Burnham stop PC Harper's killers being released early? — BBC News — UK
- ▪ What could Andy Burnham do to block early release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers? — The Guardian — UK
- ▪ PM urged not to change scheme to stop PC Andrew Harper killers’ early release — The Guardian — World
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Burnham 'confident' early release of PC Harper's killers can be haltedImage source, PA MediaByJoshua NevettPolitical reporterPublished4 minutes agoAndy Burnham says he is "confident" PC Andrew Harper's killers can be excluded from the government's early release scheme, as outcry over the case grows.The prime minister has ordered the justice secretary to find a way to bar Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who were jailed for 13 years for manslaughter in 2020, from early release.He said a plan to prevent more prisoners from being freed long before the end of their sentences would be presented to Parliament in September.The move comes after days of pressure to exclude Harper's killers from the scheme, which is aiming to free about 5,000 offenders in England and Wales to make space in…
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