The road by a vehicle. Among those to visit the scene today, the Deputy Police commissioner for Thames Valley. Ive heard from people coming forth from across the country, people, Police Officers who worked with andy, but also victims of crime who he supported in the past, and i think thats one of the most fitting memorials to him, is those people whose lives hes touched coming forward to say how much they appreciated what hes done for them. Pc harpers death has been described as mindless and brutal by the Prime Minister. Ten people are being questioned on suspicion of murder. Officers have been searching a nearby caravan site as part of the investigation. Theres been a steady stream of people throughout the morning bringing flowers, some who were colleagues of pc harper, visibly upset, others who didnt know him but wanted to express their own shock and sadness about what happened here. For police, its a difficult task, investigating the death of one of their own. The pain is shared amo
And tests out new fingerprint based Contactless Cards thats in half an hour. Good afternoon. Ten people, aged between 13 and 30 years old are being questioned on suspicion of murdering a Police Officer in berkshire, who was dragged along a road by a vehicle. Pc Andrew Harper, who was 28, died on thursday evening while responding to reports of a burglary. Flags have been flying at half mast across the Thames Valley force area, in memory of the officer, who married only four weeks ago. Our correspondent, simonjones reports. Married just a month ago, pc Andrew Harper was looking forward to his honeymoon. Now though, his death is the subject of a murder investigation. Dragged along the road by a vehicle. Among those to visit the scene today, the Deputy Police commissioner for Thames Valley. Ive heard from people coming forward from across the country, Police Officers who worked with andy but also victims of crime he has supported in the past. I think thats one of the most fitting memorials
Signed a power sharing deal with the civilian opposition, following months of protests. Good afternoon. The father of pc Andrew Harper has said his family are devastated following his death. The 28 year old officer, who married only four weeks ago, died on thursday evening while responding to reports of a burglary in berkshire. Flags have been flying at half mast across the Thames Valley force area. Ten people, aged between 13 and 30 years old are being questioned by police. Lets get the latest from our correspondent simonjones, who is at the scene near the village of sulhamstead, in west berkshire. Police shut this section of the a4 at midday. We have seen them examining the road with forensics officers, sniffer dogs and we have seen them load up a grey bmw which they are about to take away from the scene. Lots of people are bringing flowers a nd scene. Lots of people are bringing flowers and this has been an event that has shocked the community and it isa that has shocked the communi
Murder of pc Andrew Harper. Because of death has been recorded as multiple injuries, it is consistent with our current belief andrew was caught between the vehicle on the surface of a road and then dragged for some distance. However the circumstances as to how andrew came to be out of his vehicle and caught under the suspect vehicle are as yet unknown. Therefore i would reiterate oui unknown. Therefore i would reiterate our plea for the public and media not to speculate on the circumstances of this incident while the investigation is ongoing. What we do know is andrew and his crew made where attending a reported burglary in bradford southend. While responding dedicated vehicle suspected to be involved in that burglary and as we said a gesture date within an hour of the incident happening we had arrested ten males aged between 13 and 30 on suspicion of murder. I can confirm that the males were arrested from a local authority run caravan and mobile home site, in reading road near burghfi
First ball in the second innings of the lords ashes test. Good evening. Police in berkshire have been searching a caravan site close to where a 28 year old policeman was killed on thursday night. In the last hour Thames Valley police have confirmed that a postmortem examination revealed pc Andrew Harper, died from multiple injuries. Officers said it was consistent with him being dragged along a road by a vehicle. Detectives are continuing to question 10 people, aged between 13 and 30 years old arrested on suspicion of murder. Daniela relphjoins us from the scene. Friends, colleagues, the local community. The tributes to Police Constable Andrew Harper have been constant. Almost exactly a month ago to the day, pc harper was getting married. Now, instead of heading off on honeymoon next week, his new wife has to face life without him. A postmortem was carried out on andrews body yesterday and the cause of death has been recorded as multiple injuries. The cause of death is consistent with