How far should the police go in securing a confession and bringing a killer to justice? According to the PACE rules, he should have cautioned the killer and given him access to a solicitor after discovering that Sian was dead. 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 Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. There was no sign of a baby when they came by". By 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. The following month, he learned he had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. 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. Natalie Corner For Mailonline 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. The comments below have not been moderated, By Her boyfriend, Kevin Reape, raised the alarm at 9.45am the following morning when Sian hadn't turned up at . There were 60. The public needs to know what the police wont do if their own daughter went missing. Steve explains what happened next: 'He said, "You and I should have a chat". Just five days later her body was found in Oxfordshire. With compelling circumstantial evidence, Fulcher authorised covert surveillance. I acted in good faith to save a life, and to recover a body we did not previously know about.. A Confession is based on the true story of Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher and the disappearance of Sian O'Callaghan. For his emotion, when it comes, isnt for his own plight, but that of Becky, Sian, and their families. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Once Halliwell was in custody, Fulcher was hailed by his superiors. 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. 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. 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. It isnt and it hasnt been. Sian's mother Elaine Pickford says what he did was understandable to. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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 there is only no evidence because they havent spoken to the witness.. 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. Officers observed Halliwell depositing a perfume bottle, car seat covers and bloodied tissues in bins in assorted rural locations. During the investigation, Detective Steve Fulcher broke police protocol and extracted not one, but two confessions from the killer. But when Halliwell kept answering no comment, Fulcher took another crucial decision, authorising officers to bring Halliwell to the hilltop site alone for what is known as an urgent interview something entirely permissible under the manuals code in a last ditch chance to find Sian. Since then, the Christopher Halliwell case has remained at the centre of his life. 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. The fiend then revealed where cops could find the body of Becky Godden who police did not even know was missing at the time. But a secret trophy store of 60 items of womens clothing suggests dozens more victims may have been raped or killed by him. A murder trial began, and in 2016, after two hours of deliberation, a jury found Christopher Halliwell guilty of the murder of Becky Godden-Edwards. CCTV of Sians last-known moments led him to 47-year-old father-of-three Christopher Halliwell. He added: It wasn't ignorance on his part, it was a conscious decision by him to drive a coach and horses through recognised police procedure.. Halliwell is serving life for killing Sian OCallaghan, 22, and Becky Godden, 20. 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. Yet no one was interested.. 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. Her husband Glyn has spent 13 years in jail for her murder but maintains his innocence. Fulcher decided not to take Halliwell to. The taxi belonged to Halliwell, who told his company he had gone home at 1.30am - much earlier than Sian had disappeared. 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. A judge then ruled that Halliwell's confessions to killing both victims were actually inadmissible as evidence in court. But Fulcher had taken a different course: 'We drove for about 45 minutes trying to keep him in the moment. 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. OPERS serves 1.2 million workers and retirees. The worst part, Fulcher says, is none of its surprising. I pleaded with him for Sians life, he recalls. What happened in the interim eight years?". Once more, PACE guidelines state Fulcher should have cautioned Halliwell yet doing so, he maintains, would have meant losing the moment, with Halliwell removed to a police station where he would have been given a solicitor whose role, as he points out, is to stop clients incriminating themselves. A suspect soon popped up in the shape of taxi driver Christopher Halliwell, whose green Toyota Avensis had been seen near the nightclub and close to Savernake Forest, where Sians mobile had last given off a signal. Her boyfriend raised the alarm and soon Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher was leading the inquiry into her disappearance. ITV's The Confession, tells the story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher breached protocols to catch a killer. Here was a man who indicated he might have more victims. State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio lost $9.5 billion, which represents 9.64% of the . That girl, we now know, was poor Becky Godden, a much loved daughter who had fallen into drug addiction, prostitution and, ultimately, Halliwells evil hands. But not before Halliwell, defending himself in court, gloated about how he had ruined Steves career. Steve recalls how a kidnap inquiry was launched after Sian went missing in the early hours of Saturday, March 19, 2011. Lara Keay For Mailonline 'You're going to get rid of good ones as well? 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.. DC Fulcher quit after being accused of gross misconduct over murder case. All rights reserved. By then he had amassed an impressive CV, presiding over dozens of large investigations. 10:45 GMT 24 Sep 2016, By the way, it was a pleasure ruining your career, you corrupt b*****d.. Jeff Pope, Executive Producer and Writer - explains PACE. The cop's life imploded when he caught depraved killer Christopher Halliwell. Indeed, Fulchers commitment to the victims of crime shines through during our interview. In fact, they were the only things to do.. He was an experienced police officer who knew what he was doing. It need never have been so. 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. 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. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Sick cabbie Christopher Halliwell is serving life for murdering two women, Steve Fulcher, the detective who put him behind bars, says there could be dozens more victims, Police unearthed a 'stash of trophies' 15 miles from Sian O'Callaghan's body, The fiend also revealed where cops could find the body of Becky Godden, Potential victim Claudia Lawrence has been missing since March 19, 2009, The disappearance of Thi Hai Nguyen, 20, has been linked to the killer, Along with mother-of-three Tina Pryer, 39, who was last seen in 2001, Last September Halliwell was convicted of killing Becky and burying her body in a field at Eastleach, Gloucs, The killer, defending himself in court, gloated about how he had ruined the detective's career, A spade recovered from Halliwell's shed after he was found guilty of murdering Becky Godden, Twisted Christopher Halliwell could have raped and killed dozens more women as cops look into trophy store, Frogmore eviction shows King Charles has drawn a line with Harry - now he must do two more things with the spoilt brat, Harry's vicious attacks on Camilla could not be forgiven by King Charles - he had to hit back, Constance Marten: Baby's body found after massive police search, as cops question runaway aristocrat & Mark Gordon, Rishi Sunak to finally unveil delayed small boats law next week after Brexit win, Ministers vow to never use draconian spy law to jail journalists, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Fulcher has lost his career, he works as a security consultant in Africa. Latest weather models confirm that a bitter cold snap is on the way for Ireland. "Generally, we echo Fulcher's belief that there are other victims," Pope said, explaining the drama's approach to the question. 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. 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). When you suspect someone has been abducted or kidnapped their life remains under threat, and there are very clear procedural rules about that.. He maintains that he would not have persuaded Halliwell to confess had he not taken this gamble. The detective and suspect met at Barbury Castle, an Iron Age hill fort near Swindon, where Fulcher believed Halliwell may be keeping Sian alive. DS Steve Fulcher, played by Martin Freeman in A Confession, resigned from the police after being found guilty of gross misconduct in the Christopher Halliwell case 12:20 GMT 20 Sep 2018 Fulcher made the decision to resign from Wiltshire Police force in May, 2014. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. January 2003 - Becky Godden, then aged 20, is last seen alive after getting into a taxi outside Destiny & Desire nightclub in Swindon. This was roughly 12 miles away. However, Fulcher had taken Halliwell to a field in the Wiltshire countryside for this discussion without cautioning him or allowing him access to a solicitor. It has been devastating for everyone, he says quietly. She and Halliwell lived on the same street. While others insisted it was actually brilliant detective work, with the mothers of the victims praising DS Fulcher for finding their daughters. After joining the Wiltshire force in 2003, Fulcher was promoted to Detective Superintendent. The worm, however, quickly turned. It doesnt even sound true. Fulcher was disciplined for misconduct and later resigned, losing his 500,000 police pension and selling his house. She says: 'Steve did what I think any family member would want an officer to do for them. Joe Absolom, which has been gripping audiences for the past six weeks. 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. February 18, 2015 - Halliwell is arrested on suspicion of murdering Miss Godden. 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. "Further to the hearing, Steve Fulcher was found guilty of two counts of gross misconduct (the execution of his duty and inappropriate contact with the media) and received two final written warnings, but remained a member of Wiltshire Police. 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. 'He had done what I considered to be the right thing. There had been years of endless worry as they investigated me. Despite these hopes, Fulcher was wrong. Halliwell was charged with two life terms for the murders of both women and is likely to die in prison. But. 'I am really open-minded there is an eight-year gap between Becky and Sian,' Memory said. A High Court judge ruled that this breach of police guidelines made Halliwells confessions of killing both women inadmissible, which nearly derailed the cases. If Sian was still alive, she probably wouldnt survive the 96 hours we could keep him in custody if he refused to co-operate.. A Confession is a six-part ITV drama. Fulcher, now 49, was then suspended from the Force before being disciplined for gross misconduct and ultimately hounded out of his job. Steve said: I am certain that in some remote corner of the world there is a 5ft hole with a dead woman at the bottom of it. 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.. The judge said I acted in good faith, he says. A re-investigation began and evidence re-analysed. Fulcher made the decision. Rebecca Godden-Edwards, aged 18, also known as Becky, whose remains were found by police investigating the murder of missing nightclubber Sian O'Callaghan. A police telephone trace threw up a clue - he had texted her half an hour after she left the nightclub saying, 'Worried'. 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. 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. Im terrified for that poor baby. Realising something was seriously wrong when Sian failed to come home or answer his texts, Kevin raised the alarm. "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. Quite rightly it gives protection to the innocent. As he points out, however, his focus was on one thing: finding Sian. Steve Fulcher placed Halliwell under surveillance and he was seen cleaning his car, disposing of materials in litter bins, and burning objects at night. 'I can't rule out that there are other victims. 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. As he rose through the ranks, he enhanced his professional accomplishments with a postgraduate diploma and subsequent masters in Criminology. Oscar-nominated scriptwriter Jeff Pope based the drama on Det Supt Fulchers memoirs and independent research. The senior echelons arent police officers at all. This almost derailed the court case against Halliwell and called into question one of the most important principles of the criminal justice system. 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?. There wasnt an alternative that wouldnt involve ruining my chances of Halliwell opening up.. Fulcher went on to write a book about his experiences, called Catching a Serial Killer. 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. 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. The next important clue came from a text message sent by Kevin at 3.24am, which was received on Sian's phone; analysis showed that her mobile phone had been in the Savernake Forest area at the time the message arrived. Effectively unemployable by British police, he now works as a consultant on policing in Somalia, taking him away from home for long periods. Later that year, he resigned, his police career over. TWISTED Christopher Halliwell could be one of Britains worst serial killers, says the detective who put him behind bars. They have been fulsome in their support of a man they believe acted solely in their best interest. 23:33 GMT 23 Sep 2016 Theres no question in my mind Halliwell murdered other girls, Fulcher says. Place him under arrest and take him back into custody? On 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. 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. And a high-heeled boot Sian was wearing before she was abducted on her way home from a nightclub in 2011. But only this week, five-and-a-half years after he led Fulcher to her remains, was he convicted of the murder of Becky Godden, at last bringing closure to her anguished family. 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. But Beckys family was having to wait for justice. 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. At this point, with the focus shifting from kidnap to murder, Fulcher should, according to guidelines drawn up in The Police and Criminal Evidence Act of 1984 (PACE), have cautioned Halliwell again. 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. 11:00 GMT 03 Sep 2019. 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