PC Harper's mother set to meet families of A66 Cleveland Police officers - 'There's nothing to celebrate'

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Ms Adlam said she had 'finally got to the result that we were looking for... the result that should have always been there'

PC Andrew Harper's mother, Debbie Adlam, has said she expects to meet the families of the two Cleveland Police officers killed in last week's A66 crash.

Speaking to GB News's Patrick Christys, Ms Adlam said there was a "good chance" of meeting the families of PC Matthew Blades, 37 and PC Tom Clough, 38, who were killed in a car crash on the A66.

Ms Adlam, whose son PC Harper was also killed in a motoring incident in 2019, said the families of the police officers in the A66 crash "will start trying to accept and adjust, work out how they will tread this path".

She also commented on the news that he son's killers will remain in prison after the possibility of them being prematurely freed under the Government's early release scheme to free up prison spaces.

Andy Burnham has confirmed that anyone convicted of manslaughter, death by dangerous driving or indecent assault would be excluded from the early release scheme.

Ms Adlam said: "We finally got to the result that we were looking for... the result that should have always been there."

Ms Adlam said she had not spoken to Mr Burnham directly, despite his claim in Parliament that he had listened to her family's concerns.

She said she instead received a call from Justice Minister Alex Norris on Friday.

Describing it as a "very welcome phone call", Ms Adlam recalled how she had previously relied on media reports for information, which she was not sure she could trust.

She described the past few months as "very, very draining emotionally".

Ms Adlam said constant media interest had "taken over" her life as the issue grew into a wider national story.

Asked whether society had changed since her son's death, she pointed to last week's fatal attack on two Cleveland Police officers on the A66.

She told GB News she still encounters people who believe police officers should not receive any additional protection.

Also, she finds online comments to be "quite unpleasant" on some occasions.

"You kind of get used to it in the end, I suppose, but you should never have to get used to it after everything we've been through," she said.

Despite this, Ms Adlam said the support she had received had been "incredible".

She credited members of the public who had "stood up and raised their voices" alongside her family throughout the campaign.

PC Harper was killed after investigating the theft of a £10,000 quad bike in August 2019.

Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, then 17, alongside Henry Long, 18, tried to escape in a car in Sulhamstead, Berkshire.

PC Harper's ankles were caught in the car's tow rope and he was dragged along the road at 43mph for over a mile.

Cole and Bowers, who were jailed for 13 years each for killing PC Andrew Harper in 2019, were originally set to be freed early as new Government plans come into play, releasing 5,000 criminals prematurely over a 10-month period.

Mr Burnham took several different positions on the matter, until finally deciding to include Cole and Bowers' crimes under the exempt offences.