PC Andrew Harper killer Henry Long caught boozing inside top-security jail

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.

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PC Harper killer Henry Long, 20, admitted downing homemade hooch at HMP Woodhill[/caption]

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The hero cop, who married wife Lissie a month earlier, died as he tried to stop the group of thugs stealing a quad bike[/caption]

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.

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.”