Prison Crisis Forces Government to Free PC Harper's Killers, Sparking Legal Battle

Justice Secretary Alex Norris issued a formal apology to PC Andrew Harper's family after confirming that his killers, Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, remain eligible for early release under the government's emergency prison scheme. The pair, convicted of manslaughter in 2020, are serving 13-year sentences that qualify for the October programme set to free 5,000 prisoners who have served a third of their terms. The government has excluded rapists and child sex...