However, criminal defence barrister Sebastian Gardiner said their must be a way to ensure "police powers are not abused". But whats the true story behind Steve Fulcher? Common sense did not win the day. While others insisted it was actually brilliant detective work, with the mothers of the victims praising DS Fulcher for finding their daughters. Around the pond were not six other items of womens clothing. Why on earth had this killer been given every conceivable privilege, while a brave, upstanding detective was hung out to dry? Ainsworth, who had just been suspended over allegations he had sexually harassed female colleagues, was found hanged at home. Two and a half years on, Becky Goddens mother has, at least, seen justice served in no small part thanks to her own vigorous campaigning to ensure her daughters murder wasnt forgotten. 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. "He killed Becky in 2003, he killed Sian in 2011, so that's eight years. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. In May 2014, Fulcher resigned from Wiltshire Police. Just five days later her body was found in Oxfordshire. When do the clocks change in 2023? Clarkson's Farm Season 3 'confirmed' by Jeremy Clarkson as he issues three-word statement, There were reports that Jeremy Clarkson's farming programme had been axed after the presenter's comments about Meghan Markle, Dragon's Den viewers slam 'snobby' couple as they sneer at 'Lidl shoppers' question, "I wouldn't use Lidl as a benchmark for our service. 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. 12:23 GMT 20 Sep 2018. "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. Anticipating Halliwells suicide risk, Fulcher arranged an interview team to conduct a Safety Interview, under caution, at the scene of his arrest. 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. But I had my maths wrong. ", Why? It didnt end there. No trace of her has ever been found. The Sherlock actor said he 'couldn't believe' Fulcher's story when he heard it. Do you want another one?. 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.'. 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. 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. A new team found witnesses and analysis showed a spade seized from Halliwells shed in 2011 had the same unique soil DNA as the field in which Becky was found. May 23, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss Godden's murder. He's not forensically linked to outstanding cases. 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. Halliwells father lived a few streets from the home of chef Claudia Lawrence, who has been missing since March 19, 2009. The comments below have not been moderated, By The manner in which Steve gained Halliwells confession to killing second victim Becky Godden-Edwards breached police procedure by failing to caution him and denying access to a solicitor. The trace on her phone was tracked to the nearby Savernake Forest by Steve's team. 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. Former detective superintendent Steve Fulcher has now told his side of the story With compelling circumstantial evidence, Fulcher authorised covert surveillance. In March 2011, Sian OCallaghan vanished on a night out in Swindon. The taxi belonged to Halliwell, who told his company he had gone home at 1.30am - much earlier than Sian had disappeared. His crime, if that is even remotely the appropriate word, was failing to follow to the precise letter police procedure something Fulcher says he did because it was the only way to get to the truth. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. 10:35 GMT 03 Sep 2019 In January 2014, Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final written warning by a disciplinary tribunal. ", 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. He was allowed to keep his job, but later resigned. Fulcher has lost his career, he works as a security consultant in Africa. View our online Press Pack. Fulcher played by Sherlocks Martin Freeman ended up in a difficult ethical position that led him to find the killer, but in an unorthadox manner that ultimately ended his career in the police force. 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. So on a lonely windswept hill in Wiltshire he tore. It's a very dodgy road to go down, I think, for us as a society.'. I felt my position was untenable.. 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. The team found Sian's remains there. Sian was caught on CCTV at 2.52am leaving the nightclub in Swindon, Wiltshire. Fulcher opened up on the case last year on ITV documentary To Catch A Serial Killer - With Trevor McDonald. 12:20 GMT 20 Sep 2018 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. 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. Halliwell admitted he had murdered Sian, and directed Det Supt Fulcher and his team to her body near Uffington, Oxfordshire. However, DS Fulcher, played by Martin Freeman in the ITV drama series, 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. Kathryn Knight for the Daily Mail Fulcher, meanwhile, was being heartily congratulated by senior officers. Im terrified for that poor baby. 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. Steve is convinced Halliwell murdered others after he revealed he had buried Becky Godden in a 5ft hole. That is always in your mind, he says. Detective Chief Inspector Sean Memory said there could be an "innocent explanation" but pointed out: "Someone has made some effort to hide it. Oscar-nominated scriptwriter Jeff Pope based the drama on Det Supt Fulchers memoirs and independent research. All you need to know about Jeremy Clarkson's Irish girlfriend as new Amazon Prime series starts, Clarkson's Farm is available on Prime Video, RTE's Dancing with the Stars viewers all say the same thing as Shane Byrne and Karen Byrne voted off, It's been fantastic. 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. Channel 4 During the investigation, a. 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. 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. A Confession is based on the true story of Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher and the disappearance of Sian O'Callaghan. The 22-year-old office worker had been out with friends, got separated from them and left the nightclub alone. He was given a whole-life jail tariff. They are someones daughter, sister.. This was roughly 12 miles away. At this point, Fulcher still hoped to find Sian alive. In September 2013, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found that Fulcher had a case to answer for "gross misconduct" for breaches of PACE and for ignoring force orders. In January 2003Becky Godden, then aged 20, is last seen alive after getting into a taxi outside Destiny & Desire nightclub in Swindon. 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. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. May 31, 2012 - Halliwell appears at Preston Crown Court and denies murdering Miss O'Callaghan. 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. It need never have been so. And if were not protecting the victim then were all sunk., The comments below have not been moderated, By 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.. 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.". 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. It was a terrible Catch 22. Fulcher, also a father with two daughters, says: If I didnt take this step, I feared Sian would die alone and abandoned.. As he points out, however, his focus was on one thing: finding Sian. 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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. Quite rightly it gives protection to the innocent. 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. The last sighting of her was in the Manchester Road area, in the towns red-light district, at 10.45pm on September 8, 1995. Ultimately, Halliwell confessed to two murders to Fulcher and led the police to the bodies of both Sian and Becky. Steve Fulcher (played by Martin Freeman) violated PACE Code C by interviewing Christopher Halliwell (Joe Absolom) without the presence of a solicitor. According to the PACE rules, he should have cautioned the killer and given him access to a solicitor after discovering that Sian was dead. 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, Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. If Im right, well I take comfort from the fact that he hasnt been able to do that since 2011. 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. 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. September 19, 2016 - Halliwell is convicted of Miss Godden's murder. In 2014, he was found guilty of misconduct at a disciplinary hearing. 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. Enjoy this party classic with an updated RT twist - fun for all the family! This is the central thrust of the ITV drama, starring Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton and. All rights reserved. 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. Joe Absolom plays the 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. "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. 23:33 GMT 23 Sep 2016 For two days undercover police in 12 vehicles kept him under constant surveillance in the hope he would lead them to Sian. If I had followed procedure, then Sian and Beckys bodies may never have been found yet it seems thats what senior authorities wouldve preferred. Fulcher has lost his career, he works as a security consultant in Africa. 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.. He had murdered before. 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After Halliwell's arrest, Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher made an unusual decision with huge ramifications. 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. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. He wanted to use what he believed were emergency powers, to be used only when there is an imminent threat to life. OPERS serves 1.2 million workers and retirees. Healthy mother-of-two, 32, collapsed and died from brain bleed while she led fitness bounce class. Was there ever a more woeful example of flawed justice? But forensic evidence that has been used to convict [Halliwell] was available back in 2011. There's a distinct possibility there could be further offences.'. September 5, 2016 - Halliwell goes on trial at Bristol Crown Court for Miss Godden's murder. In his book, Steve says: At the bottom of a pond that was 8ft deep they found Sian OCallaghans distinctive boot. 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. 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. 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. Jeff Pope, Executive Producer and Writer - explains PACE. Instead, everyone turned on me.. 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. There were 60. The cop's life imploded when he caught depraved killer Christopher Halliwell. Their sentiments, however, are not shared by the police or the legal system. Its an almost insoluble problem. 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. The charge of murdering Miss Godden is formally withdrawn. She and Halliwell lived on the same street. 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. 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. The programme explores whether Steve's actions were brilliant detective work, or arrogance and recklessness which ultimately cost him his job. 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. The offending behaviour for Becky was cold and calculated. I made that clear back in 2011.. For other inquiries, Contact Us. Effectively unemployable by British police, he now works as a consultant on policing in Somalia, taking him away from home for long periods. Since then, the Christopher Halliwell case has remained at the centre of his life. Monday 7 October 2019, 5:22pm. '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. 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.. Fulcher has broadly received the support of the victims' families. 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. During the investigation, Detective Steve Fulcher broke police protocol and extracted not one, but two confessions from the killer. In it, he argues that his actions were to preserve the life of a hostage, as he was working on the assumption OCallaghan could still be alive and that Halliwell could lead him to her. I heard nothing for 10 months, he recalls. Four months later, he resigned from the Wiltshire Police force. 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. 'He showed me a list of girls' names that he kept in his phone of those that trusted him as a taxi driver. They have been fulsome in their support of a man they believe acted solely in their best interest. Fulchers once distinguished career, meanwhile, lies in ruins. Det Supt Fulcher had risen through the ranks at Sussex Police before moving to Wiltshire. But Halliwell was eventually found guilty of the murder of Godden-Edwards and was given another life sentence. 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But on that same afternoon, Halliwell was observed buying a large quantity of pills. 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. She and Halliwell lived on the same street. Freeman, 47, plays Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher in the ITV show A Confession. March 30, 2015 - Halliwell is charged with Miss Godden's murder. 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. Met Eireann has pinpointed a two-week period where 'weather warnings or impactful weather are possible'. We might never find out who 'another one' is. I acted in good faith to save a life, and to recover a body we did not previously know about.. 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. By then he had amassed an impressive CV, presiding over dozens of large investigations. She says: 'Steve did what I think any family member would want an officer to do for them. "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.". 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?. Halliwell had been spotted buying a large quantity of pills, so officers were sent in to arrest him. It made little difference: while Fulcher was not sacked he was given a severe reprimand, something he felt left him with no choice but to resign. 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. 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. 'I would appeal to Christopher Halliwell if he wants to speak I'm willing to speak with him. 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. They also seized his green Toyota Avensis. These are usually reserved for terrorist cases. 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. BBC reporter Steve Brodie said of the detective's actions: 'At that stage there's absolutely no doubt under PACE [the Police and Criminal Evidence Act], Christopher Halliwell should have been charged on suspicion of murder, taken back to a police station and given access to a solicitor.'. A police telephone trace threw up a clue - he had texted her half an hour after she left the nightclub saying, 'Worried'. Officers observed Halliwell. Her boyfriend, Kevin Reape, raised the alarm at 9.45am the following morning when Sian hadn't turned up at . In an explosive new book, Catching A Serial Killer, Steve tells the inside story of the case and how his quest for justice cost him his job. 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. AN early suspect in Sians murder was one of Steves bosses Deputy Chief Constable of Wiltshire Dave Ainsworth. 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. It has since emerged Halliwell was obsessed with Linda after doing building work at the Razzells' home four years before she died. 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. 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. What that manual makes very clear is the primary crucial objective is the preservation of life, says Fulcher. What are the ramifications of that? Christopher Halliwell, 54, is serving two whole life terms after killing 20-year-old Becky Godden and Sian O'Callaghan, 22. March 24, 2011 - Halliwell leads Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, of Wiltshire Police, to the locations of Miss O'Callaghan and Miss Godden's bodies. To Catch A Serial Killer airs on Thursday at 9pm on ITV, The comments below have not been moderated, By In fact she was found in a very shallow grave. 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. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 25 years. He had killed her two minutes after she got in his cab. 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). But who was driving the vehicle? It is a scandal.. The car had been seen on CCTV pulling up next to Sian on her way home. It doesnt even sound true. 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