According to the PACE rules, he should have cautioned the killer and given him access to a solicitor after discovering that Sian was dead. Sophie Rundle: Motherhood has made me too tired to people-please', The Witch Trials of JK Rowling makes sensible points. How Christopher Halliwell was brought to justice. I gave [Halliwell] a cigarette and he asked to talk to me. The judge said I acted in good faith, he says. Officers observed Halliwell depositing a perfume bottle, car seat covers and bloodied tissues in bins in assorted rural locations. 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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. 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.'. Halliwell might have been far more prolific than even I had feared.. What that manual makes very clear is the primary crucial objective is the preservation of life, says Fulcher. You might think that witness statement would be taken, but it never has been to my knowledge. The killer was finally brought to justice by Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, who discovered he had murdered a second victim while investigating the disappearance of Sian O'Callaghan. There's a distinct possibility there could be further offences.'. But he also made another confession offering to lead Fulcher to a second body. January 2003 - Becky Godden, then aged 20, is last seen alive after getting into a taxi outside Destiny & Desire nightclub in Swindon. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Another potential victim is prostitute Sally Ann John, 24, who vanished from Swindon in 1995. A police telephone trace threw up a clue - he had texted her half an hour after she left the nightclub saying, 'Worried'. 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. 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. Got Christopher Halliwell to confess to 2nd murder . In the aftermath of Halliwells arrest, Fulcher was nominated for a Queens Police Medal the highest honour in policing for his work in extracting the brutal killers confession. Fulcher was disciplined for misconduct and later resigned, losing his 500,000 police pension and selling his house. 12:20 GMT 20 Sep 2018 DS Steve Fulcher said he had always been convinced Halliwell had targeted more women. The cop's life imploded when he caught depraved killer Christopher Halliwell. He has written a memoir Catching A Serial Killer upon which A Confession is partly based. 'He showed me a list of girls' names that he kept in his phone of those that trusted him as a taxi driver. Steve Fulcher (played by Martin Freeman) violated PACE Code C by interviewing Christopher Halliwell (Joe Absolom) without the presence of a solicitor. But CCTV showed him driving around the town for another 90 minutes. 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. By then he had amassed an impressive CV, presiding over dozens of large investigations. Once in the remote woodland, Halliwell stood on the exact spot where he claimed hed buried a girl years earlier. May 23, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss Godden's murder. 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. 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. He was only convicted of Becky's murder in 2016 after a new detective took over the investigation. "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.". It also meant Halliwell was able to evade justice for Becky's murder when he was found guilty of Sian's killing in 2012. She says: 'Steve did what I think any family member would want an officer to do for them. But the story is no work of fiction. 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. You can unsubscribe at any time. He later decided of his own volition to resign from Wiltshire Police.. In fact she was found in a very shallow grave. Instead resources went into investigating me for years.. 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 considered his actions: 'Should I stop him confessing? But whats the true story behind Steve Fulcher? Drivers warned over incoming hike in petrol and diesel prices amid two key changes, "Its really important that we dont have any particular day where fuel goes up very dramatically", Limerick woman 'lucky to be alive' after being held captive, beaten and doused with acid in horror attack. 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. It isnt and it hasnt been. 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. 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. Halliwells father lived a few streets from the home of chef Claudia Lawrence, who has been missing since March 19, 2009. March 26, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss O'Callaghan'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. Oscar-nominated scriptwriter Jeff Pope based the drama on Det Supt Fulchers memoirs and independent research. ', A killer locked up and the end of a police career. As he sentenced him, the judge dismissed Halliwells defence as a cock and bull story and deemed him to be calculating and devious. 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. And then, out of the blue, the taxi driver said: "Do you want another one?". 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 clear, in fact, that there is a police manual The Kidnap Manual with precise guidelines. "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. I offered to give them full and frank disclosure immediately. It didnt end there. He wanted to use what he believed were emergency powers, to be used only when there is an imminent threat to life. By "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. The delay in Halliwells trial with all the resulting trauma was entirely down to an obsession with procedure, rather than the pursuit of justice. Fulcher decided not to take Halliwell to. All rights reserved. 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. Haliwell was jailed for life in 2012 for Sians murder but it was ruled that the confession he gave Steve about where Becky was buried could not be used in court because police arrest guidelines were broken. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Then he turned to the officer in charge, DS Steve Fulcher, and said: Do you want another one? He then told them where he had buried BeckyGodden many years earlier. That changed when officers reported Halliwell had visited a chemist and bought what Fulcher calls an overdose quantity of pills. He just found it so difficult because youve managed to take him straight back into the most awful events of his life.. What happened in the interim eight years?". Sian wasnt murdered until 2011. 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. No trace of her has ever been found. I couldnt believe it, he says. As a result of being found guilty of gross misconduct in January 2014, Steve Fulcher was given a final written warning, which could have led to his dismissal if he'd fallen foul of any more. Fulcher, meanwhile, was being heartily congratulated by senior officers. 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. After his arrest, Halliwell revealed the location of Sian's body. 14 Aug 2019 ITV ITV's A Confession throws up an unimaginable ethical dilemma that real-life Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher faced in 2011: break police protocol to catch a serial killer. 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. He was found guilty in January 2014 and given a final written warning by a disciplinary tribunal. But then Halliwell had a second horrific confession. '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.'. She too had been strangled. While others insisted it was actually brilliant detective work, with the mothers of the victims praising DS Fulcher for finding their daughters. 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. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. 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. 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. When OCallaghan was reported missing on 19 March 2011, DS Steve Fulcher of Wiltshire Police was brought in to lead the case. Halliwell was convicted of Beckys murder in September 2016. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Look no further! 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. When cornered by detectives, Halliwell admitted that he had killed Sian and led them to her body. 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. "Because you don't want to mention a name and then give a family false hope. 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. 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.. This is the central thrust of the ITV drama, starring Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton and. With compelling circumstantial evidence, Fulcher authorised covert surveillance. 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. 12:23 GMT 20 Sep 2018. However, DS Fulcher, played by Martin Freeman in the ITV drama series, was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final disciplinary warning. 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. The offending behaviour for Becky was cold and calculated. But Fulcher had taken a different course: 'We drove for about 45 minutes trying to keep him in the moment. As he rose through the ranks, he enhanced his professional accomplishments with a postgraduate diploma and subsequent masters in Criminology. Indeed, Fulchers commitment to the victims of crime shines through during our interview. There is an obsession with procedure at the expense of the bigger picture. He was allowed to keep his job, but later resigned. June 9, 2015 - Halliwell appears at Bristol Crown Court and denies Miss Godden's murder. Sian was caught on CCTV at 2.52am leaving the nightclub in Swindon, Wiltshire. Later that year, he resigned, his police career over. He had murdered before. The following month, he learned he had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. , updated This, despite the fact he had caught Halliwell, a murderer and possible serial killer. Fulcher was disciplined for misconduct and later resigned, losing his 500,000 police pension and selling his house. Only two of the items have ever been identified a cardigan worn by Becky, who disappeared in Swindon in 2003. 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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 High Court judge ruled that this breach of police guidelines made Halliwells confessions of killing both women inadmissible, which nearly derailed the cases. It was horribly tense. So on a lonely windswept hill in Wiltshire he tore. Thankfully, circumstantial and forensic evidence ensured Halliwell, 52, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012 for killing Miss OCallaghan. She had been brutally beaten and stabbed. With the deaths of Becky and Sian some eight years apart, Fulcher is convinced there may be more undiscovered bodies a sentiment now echoed by other senior officers involved in Halliwells conviction this week. Beckys mother, Karen Edwards, began a petition calling for a change to arrest guidelines. 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. They have been fulsome in their support of a man they believe acted solely in their best interest. 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. But forensic evidence that has been used to convict [Halliwell] was available back in 2011. It took a jury just two hours to find him guilty. 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He still believes he made the right decisions on that day. It is a scandal.. Four months later, he resigned from the Wiltshire Police force. Fulcher went on to write a book about his experiences, called Catching a Serial Killer. "He later decided of his own volition to resign from Wiltshire Police.". Officers observed Halliwell. TWISTED Christopher Halliwell could be one of Britains worst serial killers, says the detective who put him behind bars. He said: "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. OPERS serves 1.2 million workers and retirees. Wiltshire Police have since issued a statement saying, There is no evidence whatsoever to link him to any other murder in this country. Fulcher has lost his career, he works as a security consultant in Africa. 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. The programme explores whether Steve's actions were brilliant detective work, or arrogance and recklessness which ultimately cost him his job. Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, 52, from Wiltshire, was one of the most respected officers in the UK when he caught taxi driver Christopher Halliwell in 2011, who went on to confess to the murder ofSian O'Callaghan, 22. 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. 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. 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