It is a colossal effort. That decision cost DS Fulcher his career. I did these things because they were the right things to do in these circumstances. Officers observed Halliwell depositing a perfume bottle, car seat covers and bloodied tissues in bins in assorted rural locations. He was an experienced police officer who knew what he was doing. All I could do was try to keep him talking.. Some killings are linked by the date March 19 a day on which Halliwell was once dumped by a girlfriend in the 1980s and also the date Sian was killed. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. Channel 4 During the investigation, a. Oscar-nominated scriptwriter Jeff Pope based the drama on Det Supt Fulchers memoirs and independent research. When OCallaghan was reported missing on 19 March 2011, DS Steve Fulcher of Wiltshire Police was brought in to lead the case. The killer was finally brought to justice by Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, who discovered he had murdered a second victim while investigating the disappearance of Sian O'Callaghan. 'I would appeal to Christopher Halliwell if he wants to speak I'm willing to speak with him. 10:45 GMT 24 Sep 2016, By the way, it was a pleasure ruining your career, you corrupt b*****d.. And despite Karen Edwards best efforts, there have been no changes to arrest guidelines. Yesterday he was sentenced to a full life sentence, a tariff reserved for those, like Moors Murderer Ian Brady, who are considered to be societys most dangerous. The offending behaviour for Becky was cold and calculated. Another potential victim is prostitute Sally Ann John, 24, who vanished from Swindon in 1995. He was investigated by the police watchdog, the IPCC and found guilty of Gross Misconduct. Naturally, trying to ensure this places huge pressure on senior officers. In 2014, the police found "up to 60" items of women's clothing buried in woodland, close to where a pair of Sian's boots had been found. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Fulcher made the decision. In the aftermath of Halliwells arrest, Fulcher was nominated for a Queens Police Medal the highest honour in policing for his work in extracting the brutal killers confession. Martin Freeman plays Det Supt Steve Fulcher, the officer who took the monumental gamble which secured the admission but which also led to his own downfall. Fulcher went on to write a book about his experiences, called Catching a Serial Killer. Sians only crime was to resemble Halliwells own mother, who he hated. Fulcher, meanwhile, was being heartily congratulated by senior officers. Got Christopher Halliwell to confess to 2nd murder . He published a book, titled Catching a Serial Killer: My hunt for murderer Christopher Halliwell, and has also spoken many times in the press about his experience of the case. They are puppets blowing with the prevailing political wind. A search of the forest proved fruitless, but the detective got a breakthrough several days into the investigation after his team spotted an unidentified taxi on CCTV in the area where she disappeared, explains ITV reporter Robert Murphy, who covered the case. He was only convicted of Becky's murder in 2016 after a new detective took over the investigation. Halliwell is serving life for killing Sian OCallaghan, 22, and Becky Godden, 20. Steve Fulcher (played by Martin Freeman) violated PACE Code C by interviewing Christopher Halliwell (Joe Absolom) without the presence of a solicitor. I wondered, did they belong to the six other victims I suspected Halliwell of killing? So I thanked him and explained that he would be given his rights, taken back to the police station, 'I interpreted "you and I should have a chat" as some quid pro quo, I thought he would want the deal in terms of me catering for his family who would be affected by his incarceration.'. And a high-heeled boot Sian was wearing before she was abducted on her way home from a nightclub in 2011. Halliwell might have been far more prolific than even I had feared.. He just found it so difficult because youve managed to take him straight back into the most awful events of his life.. But who was driving the vehicle? Place him under arrest and take him back into custody? The last sighting of her was in the Manchester Road area, in the towns red-light district, at 10.45pm on September 8, 1995. This is a charge that usually applies to corrupt officials, not someone dealing with a serial killer.. View our online Press Pack. Halliwell was charged with two life terms for the murders of both women and is likely to die in prison. I couldnt believe it, he says. Freeman met Fulcher during the filming of A Confession, and Fulcher has now watched the dramatisation. It has since emerged Halliwell was obsessed with Linda after doing building work at the Razzells' home four years before she died. He argued that the original judge (Mrs Justice Cox) had been correct in her ruling, but that since Halliwell had "unequivocally" pleaded guilty to Sian's murder, the concerns over PACE were "no longer relevant.". He still believes he made the right decisions on that day. In the meantime he was suspended, left pacing the floor at home with worry. It later transpired that Fulcher, when arresting Halliwell, acted on the instinct that Halliwell may have been responsible for the disappearance of Becky Godden-Edwards, who had been reported missing in 2007 and pressed him for details. But I had my maths wrong. Det Supt Sean Memory, the senior investigating officer in the Godden case, said after he was convicted in 2016 that Halliwell may have killed others. Only two of the items have ever been identified a cardigan worn by Becky, who disappeared in Swindon in 2003. Halliwell had been spotted buying a large quantity of pills, so officers were sent in to arrest him. Sian's mother Elaine Pickford says what he did was understandable to. In September 2013, the Independent Police Complaints Commission found that Fulcher had a case to answer for gross misconduct for breaches of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act and for ignoring force orders. Steve, who went on to get a job as a consultant for a private company in Somalia which offers aid from the Foreign Office, admitted he was shunned when trying to find work in the UK.. Wiltshire Police told the BBC : "The IPCC investigation concluded that a misconduct hearing should take place to consider potential gross misconduct. With his name so closely associated with the story he has found it hard to branch out, though in 2017 he was working for a private company in Mogadishu, Somalia. A decorated police detective whose career was left in tatters after he decided to pursue a confession from a suspected killer without following strict policing guidelines, has said he has no regrets. But he later moved her to Uffington, where he pushed her body into the 12ft deep overgrown ravine. Christopher Halliwell, 54, is serving two whole life terms after killing 20-year-old Becky Godden and Sian O'Callaghan, 22. He wanted to use what he believed were emergency powers, to be used only when there is an imminent threat to life. What that manual makes very clear is the primary crucial objective is the preservation of life, says Fulcher. But his decision to break police guidelines and drive Halliwell to where he thought Sian might be found alive, instead of taking him to the police station for a formal interview, was to cost him his job. Monday 7 October 2019, 5:22pm. Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, 52, from Wiltshire, was one of the most respected officers in the UK when he caught taxi driver Christopher Halliwell in 2011, who went on to confess to the murder ofSian O'Callaghan, 22. In 2018 he appeared on the ITV show To Catch a Serial Killer with Trevor McDonald.My view is that I have brought two daughters back to their mothers and Ive prevented other victims resulting from Halliwells continued pursuit of his career as a serial killer," Fulcher told McDonald. Haliwell was jailed for life in 2012 for beating and stabbing Sian O'Callaghan - who he believed resembled his mother - to death, before pushing her body into a 12ft ravine. Then he turned to the officer in charge, DS Steve Fulcher, and said: Do you want another one? He then told them where he had buried BeckyGodden many years earlier. Their sentiments, however, are not shared by the police or the legal system. The car had been seen on CCTV pulling up next to Sian on her way home. On 24 March, OCallaghans body was found in a shallow grave near Uffington, Oxfordshire, and Christopher Halliwell, a 47-year-old taxi driver from Swindon was arrested, charged and later sentenced to a life sentence for the murder. October 19, 2012 - Halliwell admits Miss O'Callaghan's murder at Bristol Crown Court and is jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years. This almost derailed the court case against Halliwell and called into question one of the most important principles of the criminal justice system. Justice Cox got her judgment badly wrong. The team found Sian's remains there. This, despite the fact he had caught Halliwell, a murderer and possible serial killer. Her husband Glyn has spent 13 years in jail for her murder but maintains his innocence, with his lawyer saying he would be 'very surprised' if he had committed the crime. CCTV of Sians last-known moments led him to 47-year-old father-of-three Christopher Halliwell. For nine long minutes Halliwell said nothing. On March 19 2011, 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan disappeared from Wiltshire after last being spotted at a nightclub in the area. ', But criminal defence barrister Sebastian Gardiner says: 'It wasn't ignorance on his part, it was a conscious decision by him to drive a coach and horses through recognised police procedure.'. His career was in tatters. In the early hours of Saturday 19th March 2011, a 22-year-old named Sian O'Callaghan left Suju's nightclub in Swindon after a night out with her friends. Halliwell described another victim, a prostitute he said he had killed much earlier, says Steve, and he could take him to the spot where he had buried her as well. 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September 5, 2016 - Halliwell goes on trial at Bristol Crown Court for Miss Godden's murder. His story is a true story, and one which . How Christopher Halliwell was brought to justice. He lost his police pension worth 500,000, had to sell his house and now works training police in war-torn Somalia. Indeed, it was only thanks to Fulchers instincts honed from 25 years of painstaking investigations and cat and mouse detective work that two young murder victims had been found. The judge ruled: "I am satisfied that the evidence of the conviction of the defendant of the murder of Sian O'Callaghan is admissible to prove the defendant's propensity to commit murder. ", Why? February 18, 2015 - Halliwell is arrested on suspicion of murdering Miss Godden. ', A killer locked up and the end of a police career. Fulcher made the decision to resign from Wiltshire Police force in May, 2014. Ultimately, Halliwell confessed to two murders to Fulcher and led the police to the bodies of both Sian and Becky. 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Officers arrested Halliwell, but rather than read him his rights, provide him with a lawyer and bring him to a police station, Det Supt Fulcher said he wanted to speak with Halliwell man-to-man.. , updated Lara Keay For Mailonline His actions compromised the court case against Halliwell and called into question one of the most important principles of the criminal justice system, the PACE guidelines. After joining the Wiltshire force in 2003, Fulcher was promoted to Detective Superintendent. Fearful that Halliwell might take his own life, he felt he had no choice but to arrest him on suspicion of kidnap the first of a number of difficult dilemmas he would face. In March 2011, Sian OCallaghan vanished on a night out in Swindon. "Because you don't want to mention a name and then give a family false hope. I pleaded with him for Sians life, he recalls. However, that's not to say he hasn't committed other offences. Simone Lee was held captive in her home in Limerick by her former friend Christopher Stokes, who mercilessly beat her, placed bin liner over her head, and also poured boiling water over her before setting the apartment on fire on May 11, 2021. She too had been strangled. By Her boyfriend, Kevin Reape, raised the alarm at 9.45am the following morning when Sian hadn't turned up at . The investigation into her murder was headed up by DS Fulcher who charged cab driver Chris Halliwell with the abduction of the office worker. Sian was caught on CCTV at 2.52am leaving the nightclub in Swindon, Wiltshire. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. No one wants to go back to the old days where the police sometimes ran roughshod over the rules, but the pendulum has swung way too far in favour of the criminal, he says. According to the PACE rules, he should have cautioned the killer and given him access to a solicitor after discovering that Sian was dead. January 30, 2012 - Mrs Justice Cox rules the evidence of Halliwell's confessions to the murders of both women is inadmissible. Sian OCallaghans family certainly think so, as does Becky Goddens mother Karen. Martin Freeman - plays Supt Det Steve Fulcher. Another potential victim is prostitute Sally Ann John, 24, who vanished from Swindon in 1995. To Catch A Serial Killer airs on Thursday at 9pm on ITV, The comments below have not been moderated, By After Halliwell's arrest, Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher made an unusual decision with huge ramifications. 2021 Associated Newspapers Limited. Finally, Halliwell confessed to Sian's murder and offered to take him to Sian's body, leading the police to her burial spot. By then, Halliwell had been charged with Sian OCallaghans murder he had stabbed her to death before dumping her body and placed on technical bail (where bail is granted as the accused is already in custody) for the murder of the as-yet-unidentified woman. In January 2012, at a preliminary hearing, Mrs Justice Cox ruled the confession obtained by Fulcher was inadmissible at trial. Four days later, Fulcher said significant lines of inquiry were being developed and he revealed that they were looking for information and witnesses of a green Toyota Avensis with taxi markings that had been seen in the area after her disappearance. "The panel considered independently whether or not the actions of Steve Fulcher had breached the standards of professional behaviour that apply to all police officers in England and Wales. "I for one stand by Fulcher's steadfast resolve to try and find my sister Sian," Liam O'Callaghan said. So he definitely killed Sian in March 2011, he definitely killed Becky early 2003. The following month, he learned he had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. As he points out, however, his focus was on one thing: finding Sian. Fulcher has lost his career, he works as a security consultant in Africa. A Confession which starts on ITV on Monday 2 September at 9pm relives the shocking case of Sian OCallaghan who was murdered by local taxi driver Christopher Halliwell, and how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher solved the crime, but was punished for his conduct. If Im right, well I take comfort from the fact that he hasnt been able to do that since 2011. Instead resources went into investigating me for years.. Here was a man who indicated he might have more victims. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. It took a jury just two hours to find him guilty. Ainsworth, who had just been suspended over allegations he had sexually harassed female colleagues, was found hanged at home. Human remains were uncovered at a field in Gloucestershire, and they turned out to belong to Becky. He was crying in the car, saying he was a sick f*cker, recalls Fulcher. May 23, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss Godden's murder. I offered to give them full and frank disclosure immediately. It took four more years of campaigning for it to be allowed, and last September Halliwell was convicted of killing Becky and burying her body in a field at Eastleach, Gloucs. With equity release you could access a lump-sum of tax-free cash which can be used to enhance your retirement income, make home improvements, or even enjoy a memorable holiday. He was allowed to keep his job, but later resigned. In fact, they were the only things to do.. Having guided them to the remote spot where he had dumped her body, Halliwell had suddenly confessed: Im a sick f***er. By There is an obsession with procedure at the expense of the bigger picture. The charge of murdering Miss Godden is formally withdrawn. So on a lonely windswept hill in Wiltshire he tore. September 19, 2016 - Halliwell is convicted of Miss Godden's murder. Four months later, he resigned from the Wiltshire Police force. Steve Fulcher confronted by killer Christopher Halliwell in A Confession finale teaser. Halliwell was not charged with Becky's murder in his 2012 trial, as a judge had ruled his confession to the crime was inadmissible in court. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Meanwhile, Halliwell's father lived a few streets from the home of chef Claudia Lawrence, who has been missing since March 19, 2009 - the same day as Halliwell killed Ms O'Callaghan. The disappearances of Tina Pryer, 39, Thi Hai Nguyen, 20, and Sandra Brewin, 21, have also been linked to the killer. He also told The Guardian in 2017 that he believed Halliwell was responsible for more murders, as more than 60 items of womens clothing were found buried in woodland near Marlborough, including OCallaghans brown boots and Godden-Edwardss cardigan. Former detective superintendent Steve Fulcher has now told his side of the story With compelling circumstantial evidence, Fulcher authorised covert surveillance. Mr Fulcher believed the man's latest victim might still be alive and feared he might commit suicide without revealing where he'd abandoned her. The Sherlock actor said he 'couldn't believe' Fulcher's story when he heard it. Anticipating Halliwells suicide risk, Fulcher arranged an interview team to conduct a Safety Interview, under caution, at the scene of his arrest. Linda Razzell, 41, disappeared in Swindon on March 19, 2002. Away from the press, Fulcher and his team had also identified the taxi driver 47-year-old father-of-three Christopher Halliwell (played by Joe Absolom) and were keeping him under surveillance, hoping he would lead them to Sian. Pope said: Watching the series with him afterwards, it was almost unbearable. If the evidence in the trophy store suggests a truth that still lies hidden, then Halliwell had a prolific propensity to murder perhaps as often as once or twice a year so lives were saved after his arrest.. "I am satisfied also that the defendant's confession to the murder of Becky Godden and his taking the police to where he had buried her was not the consequence of oppression.". Fulcher opened up on the case last year on ITV documentary To Catch A Serial Killer - With Trevor McDonald. Wiltshire Police have since issued a statement saying, There is no evidence whatsoever to link him to any other murder in this country. 11:00 GMT 03 Sep 2019. He quit in 2014 after a disciplinary hearing, but the Hobbit star has defended Fulcher's actions, telling the Series Linked TV podcast:'There aren't enough police on the ground. By then he had amassed an impressive CV, presiding over dozens of large investigations. But Halliwell was eventually found guilty of the murder of Godden-Edwards and was given another life sentence. 'You're going to get rid of good ones as well? In essence, Fulcher was using his experience to make a judgment call a call that took him on another car journey with Halliwell to rural Gloucestershire. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Its a simple moral issue, he told the Guardian. 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