Over 200,00 people have signed a petition in under 24 hours demanding the Government halt the early release of those jailed for killing the Abingdon police officer in August 2019. "The sentences Andrew’s killers received were pitiful—and the fact we are hearing these absurd reasons for early release like prisons being too full is disgraceful and disgusting… the people making these decisions should be utterly ashamed of themselves." Aileen O’Connor, chair of the Thames Valley Police Federation, echoed these views. Lissie and Andrew Harper (Image: Oxford Mail)"This decision pours salt into wounds that have never healed. "We will throw everything we can at this through a proper legal challenge from KCs, barristers, you name it.