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PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme
Andy Burnham tells BBC Breakfast anyone convicted of manslaughter will be excluded from the early release scheme in the Sentencing Act.
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PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme
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PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme
Andy Burnham tells BBC Breakfast anyone convicted of manslaughter will be excluded from the early release scheme in the Sentencing Act.
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PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme
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PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme
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