Andy Burnham Orders Minister To Find Way To Keep Police Officer's Killers In Jail

Justice secretary Alex Norris has been tasked with ensuring Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers are not released early.

Andy Burnham has ordered one of his top ministers to find a way to keep the killers of PC Andrew Harper in prison.

The prime minister wants justice secretary Alex Norris to “work through further options” to prevent the early release of Jessie Cole and Albert Bower.

They were sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter in 2000, but are due to be freed in January under controversial measures to stop prisons running out of spaces.

Burnham has been hit with a furious backlash since it emerged that Norris and Cole would benefit from the early release scheme.

On Monday, Downing Street said it was “not possible” to........

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