The mother of PC Andrew Harper has said she is "grateful" that her son's killers will not be released from prison early, following a government intervention.
Debbie Adlam appeared on Sunday's BBC Breakfast to react to the Prime Minister's announcement of fresh exemptions from the early release scheme, which will include those serving time for unlawful killing.
Those convicted of causing death by dangerous driving, indecent assault and causing or allowing the death of a child will also not qualify, No10 said.
Killers to remain behind bars
This means that PC Andrew Harper's killers will remain behind bars, as confirmed by Andy Burnham.
Ms Adlam said: "Of course, I'm grateful. I'm glad that we don't have to go through any more of this now, and you know they will get to serve what they were actually supposed to be serving."
She added: "It's a really mixed bag of emotions, though, because on the one hand we are glad, but we've been brought through the mill, and we are only back at where we were to start with."
Family's emotional response
Ms Adlam described the past few months as "quite traumatic", recalling when she first heard that her son's killers were going to be released before it was blocked.
Bowers and Cole, two of PC Harper's three killers, were passengers in the car that dragged the police officer down a country road after he became caught in a strap attached to the vehicle as they fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, in 2019.
The pair were due to be released next year, halfway through their 13-year sentences. The change follows months of campaigning by PC Harper's family and police colleagues to prevent his killers from being released early.
