Stricken officer flailed his arms like a ‘rag doll’

A police officer desperately flailed his arms like a ‘rag doll’ as he was dragged to his death behind a car driven by a gang of thieves, the Old Bailey heard. PC Andrew Harper, 28, suffered horrendous injuries after he tried to stop three teenagers stealing a £10,000 quad bike. They dumped the bike but the officer accidentally stepped into a loading strap ‘lasso’ that they had used to hitch it to the back of their getaway car. He was…