Three teenagers charged with murder of Pc Andrew Harper

Three teenagers have been charged with the murder of Pc Andrew Harper, who was killed while investigating a burglary last month.

Henry Long, 18, and two 17-year-old boys were charged with murder, the Crown Prosecution Service said today.

It comes a day after four people were arrested on suspicion of murdering Pc Andrew Harper, who was killed while investigating a burglary last month.

A 21-year-old man was been taken into custody along with the three teenagers who were re-arrested over the newlywed policeman's death, Thames Valley Police said.

The force said a series of warrants were carried out by more than 100 officers in Berkshire and Hampshire on Tuesday, a month after the 28-year-old officer was killed in west Berkshire.

Pc Harper was responding to a reported burglary in Sulhamstead when he was “caught between a vehicle and the road and then dragged for a distance," resulting in multiple injuries.