Legislation introducing automatic life sentences for offenders who kill emergency services workers in the line of duty should be extended to Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster has said.
The law, set to be introduced in England and Wales next year, follows a two-year campaign by Lissie Harper, whose police officer husband Andrew was killed while responding to a crime.
Image; Lissie Harper, the widow of PC Andrew Harper, after a meeting with Justice Secretary Dominic Raab. Credit: Victoria Jones/PA.
(Story Credit; The Belfast Telegraph).
