These are usually reserved for terrorist cases. 'He showed me a list of girls' names that he kept in his phone of those that trusted him as a taxi driver. And where had they gone next? On March 19 2011, 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan disappeared from Wiltshire after last being spotted at a nightclub in the area. In 2014, he was found guilty of misconduct at a disciplinary hearing. 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. CCTV taken near the Suju nightclub in Swindon showed her getting into a Toyota taxi owned by Christopher Halliwell, a 47-year-old father of two teenage daughters. 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. 12:20 GMT 20 Sep 2018 Her name would not be discovered for some days, after her DNA was checked. May 31, 2012 - Halliwell appears at Preston Crown Court and denies murdering Miss O'Callaghan. He drove a car similar to one spotted on CCTV at the time of Sians disappearance. Fulcher opened up on the case last year on ITV documentary To Catch A Serial Killer - With Trevor McDonald. First he dumped her body near his sick stash at Ramsbury. By So while Halliwell was charged and convicted of the murder of Sian O'Callaghan (the case was strong enough without that confession), at this point he could not be tried for the murder of Becky Godden-Edwards. The fiend then revealed where cops could find the body of Becky Godden who police did not even know was missing at the time. In January 2003Becky Godden, then aged 20, is last seen alive after getting into a taxi outside Destiny & Desire nightclub in Swindon. It was a fitting tribute for a man who prided himself on putting victims and their families first. Only two of the items have ever been identified a cardigan worn by Becky, who disappeared in Swindon in 2003. Its a simple moral issue, he told the Guardian. Sian O'Callaghan's boyfriend had reported her missing after she failed to return from a night out with friends in Swindon, Wiltshire, in March 2011. Fulcher has broadly received the support of the victims' families. The worst part, Fulcher says, is none of its surprising. In May 2012 Christopher Halliwell pleaded not guilty to the charge of murdering Sian O'Callaghan, but when he appeared in Bristol Crown Court in October 2012 he pleaded guilty to her murder. The investigation into her murder was headed up by DS Fulcher who charged cab driver Chris Halliwell with the abduction of the office worker. But there is only no evidence because they havent spoken to the witness.. A young woman called Becky Godden-Edwards had gone missing a number of years before, last seen in 2002 or 2003. "Generally, we echo Fulcher's belief that there are other victims," Pope said, explaining the drama's approach to the question. Most arent concerned with policing on the ground, but are pen-pushers worried only by self advancement., He emphasises hes not advocating bending the rules. Realising something was seriously wrong when Sian failed to come home or answer his texts, Kevin raised the alarm. By Jeff Pope's new ITV drama A Confession stars Martin Freeman as Detective Steve Fulcher, whose hunt for missing 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan led him into an extraordinary situation in 2011. ', Afterwards Fulcher said of Halliwell: 'We had a surreal exchange, he knew that he had given his life away. Detective Chief Inspector Sean Memory said there could be an "innocent explanation" but pointed out: "Someone has made some effort to hide it. Another potential victim is prostitute Sally Ann John, 24, who vanished from Swindon in 1995. What that manual makes very clear is the primary crucial objective is the preservation of life, says Fulcher. Martin Freeman plays Det Supt Fulcher, Imelda Staunton is Karen Edwards, Beckys mother, Siobhan Finneran features as Elaine Pickford, Sians mother. 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Halliwells father lived a few streets from the home of chef Claudia Lawrence, who has been missing since March 19, 2009. But I had my maths wrong. Later that year, he resigned, his police career over. 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. Steve Fulcher, the detective who put him behind bars, . He tells Tim Lewis why he'd do it again Tim. PACE is there for a reason. But he later moved her to Uffington, where he pushed her body into the 12ft deep overgrown ravine. Another potential victim is prostitute Sally Ann John, 24, who vanished from Swindon in 1995. Since then, the Christopher Halliwell case has remained at the centre of his life. I couldnt believe it, he says. 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If I had followed procedure, then Sian and Beckys bodies may never have been found yet it seems thats what senior authorities wouldve preferred. He was an experienced police officer who knew what he was doing. Fulcher went on to write a book about his experiences, called Catching a Serial Killer. Sophie Rundle: Motherhood has made me too tired to people-please', The Witch Trials of JK Rowling makes sensible points. I felt my position was untenable.. He was given a whole-life jail tariff. "He killed Becky in 2003, he killed Sian in 2011, so that's eight years. 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. Halliwell is serving life for killing Sian OCallaghan, 22, and Becky Godden, 20. When Halliwells confession about the location of Beckys body was ruled inadmissible in court, other officers continued the hunt for more evidence and unearthed the trophy stash in 2014. In January 2014, Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final written warning by a disciplinary tribunal. But whats the true story behind Steve Fulcher? But the story is no work of fiction. 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. So clear, in fact, that there is a police manual The Kidnap Manual with precise guidelines. There is another comfort, too. 'I'm not specifically looking at any one particular offence, but I do want to try to understand why there's an eight-year gap between his offending behaviour. You dont sleep, you dont eat, its a 24/7 commitment, says Fulcher. Steve recalls how a kidnap inquiry was launched after Sian went missing in the early hours of Saturday, March 19, 2011. Its taken all this time for Beckys case to come to court, he says. On the day of his arrest, Halliwell spoke to Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, and admitted to murdering two women and dumping their bodies in shallow graves. This investigation damaged Fulcher's career as a senior police officer, and despite keeping his job with a final written warning in January 2014, he resigned from the force in May of that year. She was a drug addict and sex worker, and after she disappeared her mother Karen Edwards (played by Imelda Staunton) had spent years hoping she would return. Steve says: We had a policeman under suspicion of sexual impropriety, who drove the exact kind of vehicle we thought had picked up Sian, took his own life just as the net might be closing in. Deborah Peach from the inquiry team recalls in the programme: 'Steve takes the decision that he will conduct an urgent interview of Halliwell himself and just says "Right, let's go".'. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. But on that same afternoon, Halliwell was observed buying a large quantity of pills. As the criminal proceedings were thrown into jeopardy, Det Supt Fulcher faced gross misconduct hearings. You can criticise me, but I felt I had no option - there was simply no other way I could have acted that was within the letter of the law. This almost derailed the court case against Halliwell and called into question one of the most important principles of the criminal justice system. 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. Her boyfriend raised the alarm and soon Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher was leading the inquiry into her disappearance. Her boyfriend, Kevin Reape, raised the alarm at 9.45am the following morning when Sian hadn't turned up at . Just five days later her body was found in Oxfordshire. 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. 10:35 GMT 03 Sep 2019 Sian was caught on CCTV at 2.52am leaving the nightclub in Swindon, Wiltshire. The senior investigating officer on the case was Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher (played in A Confession by Martin Freeman) and the events of 24th March would be the defining moment of his career. The fallout for Steve Fulcher was huge. There were 60. There is a fundamental flaw in the law when a detective has to refuse a voluntary confession from a suspect., There remains the question of other possible victims. However, criminal defence barrister Sebastian Gardiner said their must be a way to ensure "police powers are not abused". After a nail-biting drive, Halliwell guided the police to an isolated lane running alongside the White Horse near Uffington, close to the Berkshire border, where he said Sians body was lying in the open. 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