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PC Andrew Harper had been married just four weeks before he was killed
The killers of PC Andrew Harper have had their sentences referred to the Court of Appeal after the Attorney General considered them to be "unduly lenient".
Suella Braverman QC said attacks against emergency workers should be "punished with the greatest severity".
PC Harper, 28, suffered catastrophic injuries when he was dragged behind a getaway car in Berkshire last August.
Henry Long, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole were convicted of manslaughter.
Driver Long, 19, was jailed for 16 years while his passengers Bowers and Cole, both 18, were sentenced to 13 years each.
The three teenagers were all cleared of murder charges following a trial at the Old Bailey in London.
Image copyright Thames Valley Police Image caption Jessie Cole (l) and Albert Bowers (r) were convicted along with Henry Long (centre)The referral by the Attorney General comes after PC Harper's widow Lissie and his mother Deborah Adlam launched campaigns calling for tougher sentences for killers of emergency service workers.
Ms Braverman said PC Harper's killing was a "horrific crime which resulted in the death of a much-respected police officer while he was on-duty, protecting his community".
She said she referred the sentences after "having personally considered the details of this shocking case".
"Offenders should be punished with the greatest severity for such heinous crimes," she said.
A date for the hearing at the Court of Appeal is yet to be set.
