Burnham U-turn: PM seeks to block PC Harper killers' early release

The BBC reports that Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told Justice Secretary Alex Norris to exclude Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers — jailed for 13 years for the manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper — from an early release scheme for overcrowded prisons. Downing Street had previously said individual cases could not be singled out. The legal mechanism remains unclear.