Episode six of the six-part series will air tonight Monday . He learned the CPS were considering bringing charges against him for malfeasance in public office. Its when these forces collide. In fact, they were the only things to do.. Fulcher is more than qualified to reflect on how British policing has changed. Officers observed Halliwell depositing a perfume bottle, car seat covers and bloodied tissues in bins in assorted rural locations. Spoken from the dock at Bristol Crown Court this month, these were the words of convicted murderer Christopher Halliwell as he finished cross-examining former detective superintendent Steve Fulcher, the man who had sacrificed everything his career, health and happiness to bring him to justice. Kathryn Knight for the Daily Mail The team found Sian's remains there. When cornered by detectives, Halliwell admitted that he had killed Sian and led them to her body. TWISTED Christopher Halliwell could be one of Britains worst serial killers, says the detective who put him behind bars. There wasnt an alternative that wouldnt involve ruining my chances of Halliwell opening up.. 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. He wanted to seize the opportunity to grill Halliwell before it was too late. 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. When you have a body in a ditch you have a reactive investigation as the harm has been done. '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. 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March 24, 2011 - Halliwell leads Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, of Wiltshire Police, to the locations of Miss O'Callaghan and Miss Godden's bodies. Wiltshire Police have since issued a statement saying, There is no evidence whatsoever to link him to any other murder in this country. 'I can't rule out that there are other victims. 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. Enjoy this party classic with an updated RT twist - fun for all the family! So on a lonely windswept hill in Wiltshire he tore. 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. 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.'. Steve Fulcher (played by Martin Freeman) violated PACE Code C by interviewing Christopher Halliwell (Joe Absolom) without the presence of a solicitor. "You have to look at the wider picture and say, Alright, do we need to have a way of ensuring that police powers are not abused, that people arent bullied into making confessions?,'" said Gardiner. These are usually reserved for terrorist cases. The offending behaviour for Becky was cold and calculated. And then, out of the blue, the taxi driver said: "Do you want another one?". Four months later, he resigned from the Wiltshire Police force. 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. You then tried to manipulate the police and court process to try to avoid getting what you deserved., They are words Fulcher has waited many years for. For two days undercover police in 12 vehicles kept him under constant surveillance in the hope he would lead them to Sian. '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.'. Youre seriously telling me theres nothing in between or either side? "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.". Later investigators discovered soil on a spade which placed Halliwell in the field where Becky was found, leading to his conviction by jury in 2016. 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. 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'He had done what I considered to be the right thing. "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.". "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. It isnt and it hasnt been. When detective Steve Fulcher broke arrest guidelines to persuade a serial killer to admit murdering two women, his gamble was hailed as brilliant policing. She was found in a shallow grave near Uffington in Oxfordshire, stabbed in the head and strangled. Joe Absolom plays the killer Christopher Halliwell. She and Halliwell lived on the same street. Monday 7 October 2019, 5:22pm. I made that clear back in 2011.. The trace on her phone was tracked to the nearby Savernake Forest by Steve's team. '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. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. By effectively acting to ensure Halliwells life was preserved, I was potentially going to cause the death of his victim, he recalls. Around the pond were not six other items of womens clothing. An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2013 found the police officer had a case to answer for gross misconduct for ignoring force orders. Halliwells father lived a few streets from the home of chef Claudia Lawrence, who has been missing since March 19, 2009. 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. There is an obsession with procedure at the expense of the bigger picture. It was a terrible Catch 22. Oscar-nominated scriptwriter Jeff Pope based the drama on Det Supt Fulchers memoirs and independent research. At Wiltshire he had solved several murders while simultaneously gaining a Masters Degree in Criminology from the University of Cambridge. His career was in tatters. 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.. The programme explores whether Steve's actions were brilliant detective work, or arrogance and recklessness which ultimately cost him his job. 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. "But we certainly don't get into any of the specifics of those other cases that have been attached there are other murders up and down the country that are now attached to Halliwell, and we absolutely scrupulously did not get into any of that. The case attracted widespread attention and press coverage, and on Tuesday 22nd March around 400 members of the public were allowed to help the police search the forest. Officers observed Halliwell. Freeman plays Det Supt Steve Fulcher in ITV's six-part drama By Emma Saunders Entertainment reporter It was a tragic real-life story that gripped the public due to flawed heroics, a long search. The car had been seen on CCTV pulling up next to Sian on her way home. First he dumped her body near his sick stash at Ramsbury. If I had followed procedure, then Sian and Beckys bodies may never have been found yet it seems thats what senior authorities wouldve preferred. The cop's life imploded when he caught depraved killer Christopher Halliwell. 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. March 26, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss O'Callaghan's murder. Worse was to come: as the year unfolded, Fulcher learned that Halliwells legal team would attempt to get the charges thrown out on the basis that Fulcher had not adequately followed PACE guidelines. How far should the police go in securing a confession and bringing a killer to justice? However, Fulcher was eager not to lose the opportunity to elicit another confession, so he went with Halliwell to the site where the remains of Becky Godden, 20, were discovered. 10:45 GMT 24 Sep 2016, By the way, it was a pleasure ruining your career, you corrupt b*****d.. Catching a double killer led to Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher being hailed a hero by the families and twice nominated for a Queens Police Medal. You are talking about co-ordinating hundreds of officers. He later decided of his own volition to resign from Wiltshire Police.. 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 was convicted of Beckys murder in September 2016. The worst part, Fulcher says, is none of its surprising. I offered to give them full and frank disclosure immediately. Rebecca Godden-Edwards, aged 18, also known as Becky, whose remains were found by police investigating the murder of missing nightclubber Sian O'Callaghan. 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. 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It should have been less than a 15-minute walk home to the house she shared with her boyfriend Kevin Reape (played by Charlie Cooper). Catching a Serial Killer: My hunt for murderer Christopher Halliwell, spoken many times in the press about his experience of the case, he was working for a private company in Mogadishu, Somalia, the police found "up to 60" items of women's clothing. Steve recalls how a kidnap inquiry was launched after Sian went missing in the early hours of Saturday, March 19, 2011. Fulcher himself spent hours questioning Halliwell at Barbury Castle, breaking down his defences and sharing his cigarettes and forming a connection. But who was driving the vehicle? 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. What are the real-life events behind ITV's true crime drama A Confession? He was crying in the car, saying he was a sick f*cker, recalls Fulcher. Moreover, as forensic officers set to work, Fulcher was unprepared for what came next. CCTV of Sians last-known moments led him to 47-year-old father-of-three Christopher Halliwell. Via CCTV footage and tracing of her mobile signal it quickly became clear this was what Fulcher terms a crime in action. It didnt end there. Halliwell is serving life for killing Sian OCallaghan, 22, and Becky Godden, 20. Having guided them to the remote spot where he had dumped her body, Halliwell had suddenly confessed: Im a sick f***er. How Christopher Halliwell was brought to justice. He has written a memoir 'Catching A Serial Killer' upon which "A Confession' is partly based. As always 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. The 22-year-old office worker had been out with friends, got separated from them and left the nightclub alone. , updated Her husband Glyn has spent 13 years in jail for her murder but maintains his innocence. And he decided this would be treated as a missing person inquiry, rather than a murder. However, criminal defence barrister Sebastian Gardiner said their must be a way to ensure "police powers are not abused". By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. Just five days later her body was found in Oxfordshire. Met Eireann has pinpointed a two-week period where 'weather warnings or impactful weather are possible'. 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. Quite rightly it gives protection to the innocent. He tells Tim Lewis why he'd do it again Tim. A career copper, he joined what was then Sussex police in 1986 aged 21. 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. Sian was caught on CCTV at 2.52am leaving the nightclub in Swindon, Wiltshire. Finally, Halliwell confessed to Sian's murder and offered to take him to Sian's body, leading the police to her burial spot. The force arranged for an independent misconduct panel to convene. According to the PACE rules, he should have cautioned the killer and given him access to a solicitor after discovering that Sian was dead. However, DS Fulcher, played by Martin Freeman in the ITV drama series, was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final disciplinary warning. By Well the ramifications are clear. It is possible that there were other victims before or after Becky but he has never been charged or convicted of any other murders. There had been years of endless worry as they investigated me. Her name would not be discovered for some days, after her DNA was checked. 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. ", GMB's Susanna Reid forced to change outfit after fears it was too 'racy' for morning TV, Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid has revealed she had to make last minute alterations to her dress after bosses and herself feared it was too racy for morning television, Who is Lisa Hogan? The CPS and senior police figures panicked, Fulcher says. But a judge ruled his confession about Becky Godden inadmissible because DS Fulcher had repeatedly failed to correctly caution the killer and questioned him without a lawyer. September 19, 2016 - Halliwell is convicted of Miss Godden's murder. 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 his book, Steve says: At the bottom of a pond that was 8ft deep they found Sian OCallaghans distinctive boot. 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. There is a significant gap in his offending. Do you want another one?. For Fulcher had gone from being Wiltshire Polices man of the hour flavour of the month as he puts it to having his reputation destroyed. 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. 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. We walked away and he said Do you want another one? He then told me he had killed a girl in 2003, 4 or 5, and he could take me to that body the exact spot.. Got Christopher Halliwell to confess to 2nd murder . Fulcher, meanwhile, was being heartily congratulated by senior officers. If we mention one of those names a family might think, 'oh, I wonder if' So we very carefully say, 'We believe there are other victims,' and leave it at that. But a secret trophy store of 60 items of womens clothing suggests dozens more victims may have been raped or killed by him. ', Afterwards Fulcher said of Halliwell: 'We had a surreal exchange, he knew that he had given his life away. If Im right, well I take comfort from the fact that he hasnt been able to do that since 2011. 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. However, that's not to say he hasn't committed other offences. On March 19 2011, 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan disappeared from Wiltshire after last being spotted at a nightclub in the area. 'I would appeal to Christopher Halliwell if he wants to speak I'm willing to speak with him. 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. Det Insp Steve Fulcher of Wiltshire Police faced a misconduct inquiry over his methods and later resigned from the force Meanwhile, Det Supt Fulcher's actions led to an inquiry by the. The Sherlock actor said he 'couldn't believe' Fulcher's story when he heard it. No trace of her has ever been found. 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. Murphy explained in the documentary: 'A police officer had the idea of looking at all the police dashboard cameras that were patrolling central Swindon at the time. You dont sleep, you dont eat, its a 24/7 commitment, says Fulcher. But not before Halliwell, defending himself in court, gloated about how he had ruined Steves career. Det Supt Fulcher had risen through the ranks at Sussex Police before moving to Wiltshire. I couldnt believe it, he says. Sians only crime was to resemble Halliwells own mother, who he hated. As he sentenced him, the judge dismissed Halliwells defence as a cock and bull story and deemed him to be calculating and devious. He lost his police pension worth 500,000, had to sell his house and now works training police in war-torn Somalia. 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. Two months later, dismayed at Wiltshires Forces disinterest in both reinforcing the charges related to Becky Goddens murder and other potential victims, Fulcher asked to be reassigned to the National Homicide Team. 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. Martin Freeman plays DS Stephen Fulcher in new ITV drama A Confession. When you suspect someone has been abducted or kidnapped their life remains under threat, and there are very clear procedural rules about that.. He just found it so difficult because youve managed to take him straight back into the most awful events of his life.. Sophie Rundle: Motherhood has made me too tired to people-please', The Witch Trials of JK Rowling makes sensible points. 12:23 GMT 20 Sep 2018. 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. "Generally, we echo Fulcher's belief that there are other victims," Pope said, explaining the drama's approach to the question. 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. This, despite the fact he had caught Halliwell, a murderer and possible serial killer. But Beckys family was having to wait for justice. All rights reserved. Senior investigating officer Steve Fulcher was found not to have followed procedures on the treatment of suspects, meaning Halliwell's confession was inadmissible in court. After Halliwell's arrest, Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher made an unusual decision with huge ramifications. Four months later, he resigned from the Wiltshire Police force. He was given a whole-life jail tariff. He said: If Im right, he had a propensity for killing on average once a year. 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. She had been brutally beaten and stabbed. March 30, 2015 - Halliwell is charged with Miss Godden's murder. In January 2014, Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final written warning by a disciplinary tribunal. From the point of his suspension in September 2012 to around April 2013 Mr Fulcher was obliged to inform the force if he planned to leave home for more than 24 hours, extended to two nights after a request to take his daughter to look around universities. When OCallaghan was reported missing on 19 March 2011, DS Steve Fulcher of Wiltshire Police was brought in to lead the case. 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. 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. 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. With time running out, DS Fulcher then took Halliwell to Barbury Castle, a beauty spot outside Swindon, where he suspected Sian was being held. Trying to find Ireland's best burger or best pizza? January 30, 2012 - Mrs Justice Cox rules the evidence of Halliwell's confessions to the murders of both women is inadmissible. In the meantime he was suspended, left pacing the floor at home with worry. 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.. The CPS should have appealed. How was the killer Christopher Halliwell caught? At 9.45am he called the police to report that his girlfriend had gone missing. Theres no question in my mind Halliwell murdered other girls, Fulcher says. 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?. But. And where had they gone next? Lara Keay For Mailonline, 'These dinosaurs are meant to be EXTINCT! Halliwell admitted he had murdered Sian, and directed Det Supt Fulcher and his team to her body near Uffington, Oxfordshire. It doesnt even sound true. Im terrified for that poor baby. I cannot believe that was his first offence from being a burglar in the 1980s to a murderer in 2003. Former detective superintendent Steve Fulcher has now told his side of the story With compelling circumstantial evidence, Fulcher authorised covert surveillance. 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. There was no sign of a baby when they came by". 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. It turned out to be the remains of Becky. 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