{"id":726666,"date":"2026-08-04T00:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/726666\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T00:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:06:08","slug":"andy-burnham-blocks-early-prison-release-for-rapists-but-pc-andrew-harpers-widow-slams-betrayal-as-husbands-killers-to-be-freed-early-news-sky-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/726666\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham blocks early prison release for rapists &#8211; but PC Andrew Harper&#039;s widow slams &#039;betrayal&#039; as husband&#039;s killers to be freed early &#8211; news.sky.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxOeEFDVHhJUGdMNkJxUWRkY3BVNTZvU1VzMl96LVlmd0o3S2tNV2poWVpBUmFNbmRiLXl2UEx0NFBheldNVE5YOUlPWW9adktPYnhxQzh1cTdjcHItVmhNLWh3eXFNWFJZYlEtQzFiQlJuS29pRWt2Z2xPdkpWb1lqcEEyREF5WER3QWpTSlVIY1l1RlVkdHU2ajVxT0ZrSGFIZ0FCOUF6bHJndnN2ZjRPQTg3Y1hRWHR2cFVCRGM4cl9jajJncUIyT1FHTE14MWFWZEJBOWUzNmtKbzRzLVRaYkxGMXVFRnl1Nlh5bFg1d3BlbUFNenRSdEVJMi04dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Burnham blocks early prison release for rapists &#8211; but PC Andrew Harper&#8217;s widow slams &#8216;betrayal&#8217; as husband&#8217;s killers to be freed early<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;news.sky.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE03bVJzWnVGRE9MdTFKOURBYWFoMWtONHdvRks5QUZ4LWoyZmcyaEJCVkxEYzRxTlNVaHEtZHhDME8yZjdMLW8zS09IdEsybXBOdUMwdko4Mi12SGQ5?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapists and child sex offenders to be barred from early release scheme<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxOTzV0eFB6SDBHd21JSlBKdTUxT3dpMWs3NU9qeVZqcEtHeU5nRThpOU5NY0piNU0yN0hXOTdMbUpGNlN2eGpnT3EwZWkwTFRmalJYWWduaVhwaEpmRzVDYlg3dHJaM3pDc2dLb09VZ01SNHc3dEUzVXY2Wk94TGlFdm5xQjFzRVVvZHE0Rnl6a19NQ2NQalV2MmJvN3FBS3ZUV2R4T3NKdEVxRFpRVGVTc2pUWU05ei1MMWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapists, child abusers and groomers will not leave prison early, says PM<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;theguardian.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxOLW9jZl8zLUdqNkl4VkRsUWozNXcwSFZibHR0cGl0SWpVVjlSazU4RHBvR0FUalhaa1ZGMVA5aEx1d1hOa2dqS3BkOEtwb01aMmtTYXhqSnk4SGRMREJvenBCdEJBYnB4UzU2cDhkVTd2Q0g1WEFNaUVucWUxaWJsTk5HU0VCVHlDX29iSkJQRFN0cEhKQjZKXy0tS2FXZUduWDdZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Burnham allows Pc Harper\u2019s killers to walk free early<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPN01XcHN3ZnZxeGRZN0VvNTZBcjQ5Y2UwWGZfeUR0RjVjbFVvRzRKX0M2N3RBVVEydkF4b2ZFbm42WjJQSzRQUVpobW9DcjBrSWF4RllyaWdxSmFHM1JMcTRwMXNrTHRrQWVITHBUNXBfOHNuS0pscFpac0dLV29CVUphLU4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Burnham bars serious sex offenders from early release scheme<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham blocks early prison release for rapists &#8211; but PC Andrew Harper&#8217;s widow slams &#8216;betrayal&#8217; as husband&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-726666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}