We have commented on PC Harper's killers' trial elsewhere and I think that we felt that - under the circumstances - the result was appropriate. It was not possible to fully establish that a murder had been committed but the judge gave sentences that were very severe for manslaughter.
Mrs Harper's grief must be overwhelming. Her life has been torn apart and their little child has been deprived of a father.
But in what way was justice "not real"? Justice is a process not an outcome and it seems to me that the process of the recent trial was entirely proper. She is greatly aggrieved but the offence that was committed was an offence against all of us not just her. And that was the basis for the trial.
