PM moves to stop PC Harper's killers leaving prison early

PM moves to stop PC Harper's killers leaving prison early

The BBC reports that Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told Justice Secretary Alex Norris to stop Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers — jailed for 13 years over the death of PC Andrew Harper — being released early to ease prison crowding. Downing Street had said individual cases could not be singled out. How this can be done legally is unclear.

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