PC Harper’s mother ‘bitterly disappointed’ that her son’s killers remain eligible for early release<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The mother of PC Andrew Harper said her family are \u201cbitterly disappointed\u201d that her son\u2019s killers remain eligible for early release<\/a> after the government revised plans to tackle the overcrowding crisis in prisons.<\/p>\n Following pressure from victims, MPs and frontline prison officers, rapists, child sexual abusers and groomers will be excluded from the scheme for England and Wales, the government said on Monday.<\/p>\n But domestic abusers and killers will still be eligible for early release, including two men jailed for their role in the death of PC Harper<\/a>, who sustained fatal injuries while responding to a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, in August 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cQuite frankly, we shouldn\u2019t be in this position,\u201d Debbie Adlam, PC Harper\u2019s mother, told BBC Breakfast.<\/p>\n She said it was \u201ccompletely right\u201d that rapists and paedophiles are not going to be released under the government\u2019s latest plans, but added \u201cthey shouldn\u2019t have been considered in the first place\u201d.<\/p>\n Allow content provided by a third party?<\/p>\n This article includes content hosted on platform.x.com. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as the provider may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click ‘Allow and continue’<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/gu-island><\/figure>\n Speaking to BBC Newsnight, Adlam said she was \u201cdevastated\u201d that two of her son\u2019s killers remain eligible for early release. She told the programme:<\/p>\n\n