PC Harper murder trial collapses after juror self-isolates

The trial of three teenagers accused of murdering PC Andrew Harper collapsed today (mon) after a third juror self-isolated amid the coronavirus outbreak. PC Harper, 28, died when he was dragged along a narrow country road behind a silver SEAT Toledo on 15 August after responding to calls of a break-in at Sulhamstead, near Reading. Two female jurors were sent home last week, and a third woman told the court yesterday her 91-year-old father had contracted the virus and she…