Halliwells father lived a few streets from the home of chef Claudia Lawrence, who has been missing since March 19, 2009. The worst part, Fulcher says, is none of its surprising. Steve had been found guilty of gross misconduct by the Independent Police Complaints Commission for not reading Halliwell his rights and taking him back to the police station. Halliwell admitted he had murdered Sian, and directed Det Supt Fulcher and his team to her body near Uffington, Oxfordshire. The investigation into her murder was headed up by DS Fulcher who charged cab driver Chris Halliwell with the abduction of the office worker. 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. 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. Indeed, Fulchers commitment to the victims of crime shines through during our interview. Fulcher made the decision. It has since emerged Halliwell was obsessed with Linda after doing building work at the Razzells' home four years before she died. The charge of murdering Miss Godden is formally withdrawn. Martin Freeman has defended the police detective he plays in a new drama whose career was ruined after using 'questionable' methods to catch a killer. Another potential victim is prostitute Sally Ann John, 24, who vanished from Swindon in 1995. DS Steve Fulcher said he had always been convinced Halliwell had targeted more women. DS Steve Fulcher resigned from the police force in May 2014, He was played by Martin Freeman in the ITV series, DS Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct. 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 still believes he made the right decisions on that day. POLICE unearthed the stash of trophies just 15 miles from where serial killer Christopher Halliwell had led them to Sian OCallaghans body. August 30, 2016 - Retired High Court judge Sir John Griffith Williams rules that the jury can be told of Halliwell's conviction for Miss O'Callaghan's murder and his confession to Miss Godden's murder. 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. June 9, 2015 - Halliwell appears at Bristol Crown Court and denies Miss Godden's murder. ", A Confession will air on ITV in September 2019, Try 12 issues for 1 today - never miss an issue. A Confession is a six-part ITV drama. The taxi belonged to Halliwell, who told his company he had gone home at 1.30am - much earlier than Sian had disappeared. 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. However in a new one-off ITV documentary, To Catch a Serial Killer, DS Fulcher insists he did the right thing, saying: 'My view is that I have brought two daughters back to their mothers and I've prevented other victims resulting from Halliwell's continued pursuit of his career as a serial killer. He wanted to use what he believed were emergency powers, to be used only when there is an imminent threat to life. PACE is there for a reason. Buried around the pond were more items of womens clothing. In January 2014, Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final written warning by a disciplinary tribunal. They are puppets blowing with the prevailing political wind. However, that's not to say he hasn't committed other offences. 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. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 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. Joe Absolom plays the killer Christopher Halliwell. Beckys mother, Karen Edwards, began a petition calling for a change to arrest guidelines. 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. Something went wrong, please try again later. Sian was caught on CCTV at 2.52am leaving the nightclub in Swindon, Wiltshire. Her name would not be discovered for some days, after her DNA was checked. 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. It is based on a true-life inquiry which led to a police officer losing his career. 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. But to get those confessions, Fulcher was accused of breaching the guidelines of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) by failing to caution Halliwell and denying him access to a solicitor at the time the confessions were obtained. The fiend then revealed where cops could find the body of Becky Godden who police did not even know was missing at the time. The Sherlock actor said he 'couldn't believe' Fulcher's story when he heard it. The worm, however, quickly turned. Martin Freeman - plays Supt Det Steve Fulcher. It was a moment which, perhaps better than any other, summed up the monstrous injustice meted out to DS Fulcher and exposed the deeply warped priorities of our legal system. If the media outside the nick had found out, they would have had the headline of the year., News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Police are still continuing their investigation into Halliwell as they believe other victims are yet to be found. 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.. Detective Sergeant Steve Fulcher resigned from the police force in 2014 after he was found guilty of misconduct for not reading Halliwell his rights when he first confessed to killing. 11:00 GMT 03 Sep 2019. What are the ramifications of that? Halliwell had been busy. September 19, 2016 - Halliwell is convicted of Miss Godden's murder. ', 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.'. Trying to find Ireland's best burger or best pizza? Justice Cox got her judgment badly wrong. Yesterday, the sentencing judge, Sir John Griffiths Williams, told Halliwell: But for your confession, I have no doubt Beckys remains would never have been found. I met Sians parents and promised them I wouldnt rest until I found her, he recalls. Rebecca Godden-Edwards, aged 18, also known as Becky, whose remains were found by police investigating the murder of missing nightclubber Sian O'Callaghan. March 30, 2015 - Halliwell is charged with Miss Godden's murder. As a result of this procedural failure, Halliwells confession regarding both murders was ruled inadmissible in court. It is a colossal effort. By This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Halliwell finally guided DS Fulcher and his team to a remote gully near the White Horse landmark at Uffington where he had dumped Sians body. For other inquiries, Contact Us. The senior echelons arent police officers at all. Ainsworth, who had just been suspended over allegations he had sexually harassed female colleagues, was found hanged at home. AN early suspect in Sians murder was one of Steves bosses Deputy Chief Constable of Wiltshire Dave Ainsworth. Monster is currently serving life for killing Sian OCallaghan, 22, and Becky Godden, 20. 12:20 GMT 20 Sep 2018 "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.". He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order, meaning he will not be eligible for parole and is unlikely to ever be released from prison. He then offered to take the detective to the spot where he'd buried another victim, and procedure dictated that Fulcher should have charged Halliwell and returned him to a police stationwhere he had access to a solicitor - he decided not to. While they could go ahead with Sians murder charge, thanks to Halliwells DNA being on her body, the refusal of Fulchers senior officers to further investigate Beckys death, and thus garner more evidence, led the CPS to withdraw that charge. Instead of bringing Halliwell back to Gablecross police station in Swindon where he would have had access to a solicitor, Fulcher ordered his officers to take Halliwell to a nearby Iron Age hill fort called Barbury Castle. What happened in the interim eight years?". Their sentiments, however, are not shared by the police or the legal system. Healthy mother-of-two, 32, collapsed and died from brain bleed while she led fitness bounce class. The delay in Halliwells trial with all the resulting trauma was entirely down to an obsession with procedure, rather than the pursuit of justice. In fact, they were the only things to do.. 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. Steve Fulcher, the detective who put him behind bars, . Linda Razzell, 41, disappeared in Swindon on March 19, 2002. You can unsubscribe at any time. 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. When do the clocks change in 2023? 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. When DS Steve Fulcher arrested Christopher Halliwell over the disappearance of 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan, it was the start of his own downfall. She says: 'Steve did what I think any family member would want an officer to do for them. The following month, he learned he had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. The comments below have not been moderated, By Finally, Halliwell confessed to Sian's murder and offered to take him to Sian's body, leading the police to her burial spot. Well the ramifications are clear. In March 2011, Sian OCallaghan vanished on a night out in Swindon. In the mid 1980s, while serving time in prison, Halliwell reportedly asked another inmate how many women it's necessary to kill before you're considered a serial murderer. So he definitely killed Sian in March 2011, he definitely killed Becky early 2003. And then, out of the blue, the taxi driver said: "Do you want another one?". It was horribly tense. Around the pond were not six other items of womens clothing. It isnt and it hasnt been. Natalie Corner For Mailonline, Trophy hunter mother, 41, who has travelled the world to kill more than ONE HUNDRED animals claims her hobby HELPS preserve wild species, Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio teases that Julia Montague is ALIVE - as he reveals how he manages to keep the show's plot a secret, TIMELINE OF A DOUBLE KILLING: HOW CHRISTOPHER HALLIWELL MURDERED TWO WOMEN THEN THWARTED JUSTICE FOR VICTIM'S FAMILY. He's not forensically linked to outstanding cases. Steve explained that Halliwell told him to drive them to a local beauty spot, a chalk white horse at Uffington - which turned out to be where he had dumped Sian O'Callaghan's body. Ultimately, Halliwell confessed to two murders to Fulcher and led the police to the bodies of both Sian and Becky. 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. You are talking about co-ordinating hundreds of officers. The lives of Sian OCallaghan, 22, and Becky Godden, 20, had been callously cut short by taxi driver Halliwell, who guided Fulcher to their bodies. Got Christopher Halliwell to confess to 2nd murder . One of the cases to which Halliwell has been linked is that of mother-of-four Linda Razzell, 41, who disappeared from Highworth, near Swindon, on March 19, 2002. Her husband Glyn has spent 13 years in jail for her murder but maintains his innocence. She and Halliwell lived on the same street. Officers observed Halliwell. If she had traveled 12 miles in just half an hour, that meant the journey from Swindon Old Town could only have been made in a vehicle. The following January Det Supt Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final disciplinary warning. 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. I pleaded with him for Sians life, he recalls. 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Sians only crime was to resemble Halliwells own mother, who he hated. "But for my course of action Becky would still be in that field, Sian would never be found and Christopher Halliwell would be walking the streets.". Only two of the items have ever been identified a cardigan worn by Becky, who disappeared in Swindon in 2003. A police telephone trace threw up a clue - he had texted her half an hour after she left the nightclub saying, 'Worried'. 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. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. What are the real-life events behind ITV's true crime drama A Confession? That decision cost DS Fulcher his career. It has emerged Halliwell was obsessed with Linda after doing building work at the Razzells home four years before she died. 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. 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. The nadir came in January 2014, when he was found guilty of gross misconduct after a hearing at which, notably, Karen Godden, Beckys mother insisted on accompanying him to show her support. Realising something was seriously wrong when Sian failed to come home or answer his texts, Kevin raised the alarm. Youre seriously telling me theres nothing in between or either side? In the meantime he was suspended, left pacing the floor at home with worry. Steve recalls how a kidnap inquiry was launched after Sian went missing in the early hours of Saturday, March 19, 2011. By now, the search for Sian centred round the nearby Iron Age fort of Barbary Castle. Fulcher was disciplined for misconduct and later resigned, losing his 500,000 police pension and selling his house. The decision Steve made to follow Halliwell's taunt almost derailed the case against the killer in court, and ultimately cost the officer his job. 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. Halliwell is thought to have killed Becky in 2003, while Sian was killed in 2011. The public needs to know what the police wont do if their own daughter went missing. Instead, everyone turned on me.. ITV's The Confession, tells the story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher breached protocols to catch a killer. At 9.45am he called the police to report that his girlfriend had gone missing. Former cop Steve Fulcher says: Are you seriously telling me that on two occasions he brutally murdered two women and then theres nothing before or since?. Steve Fulcher, played by Martin Freeman, lost his career after catching a serial killer Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher resigned from Wiltshire Police in May 2014 ( Image: PA) As. But the following day, there were "significant lines of inquiry" and the public were asked to stand down from the search. It doesnt even sound true. This, despite the fact he had caught Halliwell, a murderer and possible serial killer. There were 60. He tells Tim Lewis why he'd do it again Tim. Halliwell had confessed to her murder of Sian, and revealed he had also killed prostitute Becky Godden in 2003 and left her body at another location. ", And speaking after Halliwell's sentencing in 2016, Memory said: Im very very clear that there must be other victims out there whether they are sexual offences or other women that he has taken. Joe Absolom plays the Swindon taxi driver Christopher Halliwell who had taken the lives of two you women. By How far should the police go in securing a confession and bringing a killer to justice? Wiltshire Police have since issued a statement saying, There is no evidence whatsoever to link him to any other murder in this country. 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. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Fulcher, also a father with two daughters, says: If I didnt take this step, I feared Sian would die alone and abandoned.. Fulcher made the decision to resign from Wiltshire Police force in May, 2014. And if were not protecting the victim then were all sunk., The comments below have not been moderated, By Speaking on To Catch A Serial Killer - With Trevor McDonald, Elaine said: Steve did what I think any family member would want an officer to do for them.. 23:33 GMT 23 Sep 2016 Yet that wasnt all. The protracted investigations into his conduct, meanwhile, have affected not only his health but that of Yvonne, his 48-year-old wife of 28 years, and their two 20-something daughters investigations which, as Fulcher emphasises in this blistering interview, could have been better used to secure Halliwells conviction for Becky Goddards death years earlier. You might think that witness statement would be taken, but it never has been to my knowledge. 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. ', Afterwards Fulcher said of Halliwell: 'We had a surreal exchange, he knew that he had given his life away. Effectively unemployable by British police, he now works as a consultant on policing in Somalia, taking him away from home for long periods. Steve is convinced Halliwell murdered others after he revealed he had buried Becky Godden in a 5ft hole. The fallout for Steve Fulcher was huge. There was no sign of a baby when they came by". Sians mother Elaine Pickford, who is played by Sobhan Finneran, was grateful to DS Fulcher. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. They also seized his green Toyota Avensis. Fulcher, meanwhile, was being heartily congratulated by senior officers. 'I would appeal to Christopher Halliwell if he wants to speak I'm willing to speak with him. I couldnt believe it, he says. It is a scandal.. Fulcher's career was left in tatters when he was found guilty of misconduct after prompting a second murder confession from Sian O'Callaghan's killer Christopher Halliwell. Can you have a police force that simply ignores a serial killer?, Karen Edwards, the mother of Becky Godden-Edwards, commented: Had he have followed the guidelines, then Becky would never have been found, she would have never have come into the equation.. Despite these hopes, Fulcher was wrong. 'I am really open-minded there is an eight-year gap between Becky and Sian,' Memory said. Christopher Halliwell, 54, is serving two whole life terms after killing 20-year-old Becky Godden and Sian O'Callaghan, 22. However, criminal defence barrister Sebastian Gardiner said their must be a way to ensure "police powers are not abused". March 18, 2011 - Sian O'Callaghan, 22, is murdered by Halliwell after getting into his taxi while walking home after leaving Suju nightclub in Swindon. But he later moved her to Uffington, where he pushed her body into the 12ft deep overgrown ravine. His story is a true story, and one which . But back then it seems the Wiltshire Force was more preoccupied with a crusade against an officer for failing to follow procedure even when obeying that procedure could have prevented two grieving families gaining a terrible, final closure. 'Just in the minutes before Sian vanished, one of the police cars had filmed a Toyota Avensis driving the other way, and it had the number plate.'. He has written a memoir 'Catching A Serial Killer' upon which "A Confession' is partly based. 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Fulcher recalled: 'Working on the hypothesis that she could have been kidnapped and was still alive, I conducted this investigation as a crime in action - that means everything else is subordinate to the notion of finding Sian, and seeking to save her life.'. Lara Keay For Mailonline Five days after her kidnap, they spotted Halliwell buying enough pills to kill himself so they swooped on his car and carried out an urgent interview. All the while, Fulcher delayed making an arrest, hoping Halliwell might lead them to Sian, whom he fervently hoped might still be alive. , updated Halliwell was convicted of Beckys murder in September 2016. He said: If I had taken Halliwell into custody we would never have found Sian and obviously we would never have heard of his other victim Becky Godden. It also meant Halliwell was able to evade justice for Becky's murder when he was found guilty of Sian's killing in 2012. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Fulcher himself spent hours questioning Halliwell at Barbury Castle, breaking down his defences and sharing his cigarettes and forming a connection. She had been brutally beaten and stabbed. The offending behaviour for Becky was cold and calculated. With time running out, DS Fulcher then took Halliwell to Barbury Castle, a beauty spot outside Swindon, where he suspected Sian was being held. When you suspect someone has been abducted or kidnapped their life remains under threat, and there are very clear procedural rules about that.. Later that year, he resigned, his police career over. Sophie Rundle: Motherhood has made me too tired to people-please', The Witch Trials of JK Rowling makes sensible points. During the investigation, Detective Steve Fulcher broke police protocol and extracted not one, but two confessions from the killer. Channel 4 During the investigation, a. 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