‘We fought for a tougher sentence’: Victims’ families share their outrage at early release schemes
PC Andrew Harper and his mother, Debbie Adlam. ‘Andrew deserves better than this and so do we,’ she says. Photograph: Thames Valley Police/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenPC Andrew Harper and his mother, Debbie Adlam. ‘Andrew deserves better than this and so do we,’ she says. Photograph: family handout/GoFundMe/PA“He could actually serve less time than he originally was going to before we appealed,” Buckley said.
- ▪PC Andrew Harper and his mother, Debbie Adlam. ‘Andrew deserves better than this and so do we,’ she says.
- ▪Photograph: Thames Valley Police/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenPC Andrew Harper and his mother, Debbie Adlam. ‘Andrew deserves better than this and so do we,’ she says.
- ▪Photograph: family handout/GoFundMe/PA“He could actually serve less time than he originally was going to before we appealed,” Buckley said.
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| Publication time | Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:15:04 GMT |
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PC Andrew Harper and his mother, Debbie Adlam. ‘Andrew deserves better than this and so do we,’ she says. Photograph: Thames Valley Police/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenPC Andrew Harper and his mother, Debbie Adlam. ‘Andrew deserves better than this and so do we,’ she says. Photograph: Thames Valley Police/ShutterstockUK criminal justice‘We fought for a tougher sentence’: Victims’ families share their outrage at early release schemesThe family of PC Andrew Harper are among those who say they are devastated by killers getting out of jail earlyJessica Murray Social affairs correspondentTue 4 Aug 2026 13.15 EDTLast modified on Tue 4 Aug 2026 13.23 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleWhen Calvin Buckley, whose pregnant partner was killed by a dangerous driver in 2023, successfully…
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