A teenager has pleaded guilty to killing a newly-wed police officer but has denied murder.
Pc Andrew Harper, 28, died from multiple injuries after being dragged under a van on August 15 last year.
The Thames Valley Police officer had been responding to a suspected burglary when he was killed near the village of Sulhamstead in West Berkshire.
The alleged van driver, Henry Long, 18, from Mortimer, Reading, appeared at the Old Bailey for a plea hearing by video link from Belmarsh prison wearing a black and white Puma sweatshirt.
When asked for his plea to a charge of manslaughter, he said: “Pardon, was that manslaughter?” before adding: “I plead guilty, guilty.”
Long denied Pc Harper’s murder but admitted conspiracy to steal a quad bike.
Long and two 17-year-olds who cannot be named are due to stand trial on the murder charge on March 9. The two 17-year-olds have both denied conspiracy to steal the quad bike.
Thomas King, 21, from Bramley, Hants, has already pleaded guilty to the conspiracy to steal charge.
