ONE of PC Andrew Harper’s killers has been caught boozing inside a top- security jail. Henry Long, 20, has admitted downing homemade hooch at HMP Woodhill, near Milton Keynes, Bucks. A source said: “You’d expect the killer of a policeman to live a spartan existence in jail. “Instead he’s drinking alcohol like he was on […]
ONE of PC Andrew Harper’s killers has been caught boozing inside a top- security jail.
Henry Long, 20, has admitted downing homemade hooch at HMP Woodhill, near Milton Keynes, Bucks.
A source said: “You’d expect the killer of a policeman to live a spartan existence in jail.
“Instead he’s drinking alcohol like he was on a night down the pub. It’s an outrage.”
Long was later transferred to another Category A prison, Long Lartin, near Evesham, Worcs.
But that was said to be part of a standard prison move and not connected to his drinking.
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Long was jailed for 16 years for the manslaughter of 28-year-old PC Harper in 2019. Long’s pals Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, both then 18, got 13 years each.
The hero cop, who married wife Lissie a month earlier, died as he tried to stop the group stealing a quad bike in Sulhamstead, Berks.
His foot caught in a tow rope and he was dragged for more than a mile to his death.
Inspectors revealed HMP Woodhill was battling a staffing crisis in a report last year.
A third of staff are new recruits while violence is 1½ times that of other comparable jails.
A source said: “Morale is awful. There’s so few staff to prisoners. Everyone goes into work scared.”
