On March 19 2011, 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan disappeared from Wiltshire after last being spotted at a nightclub in the area. 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. STEVE Fulcher was a detective who uncovered the crimes of a twisted double murderer before resigning from the force. She and Halliwell lived on the same street. As he rose through the ranks, he enhanced his professional accomplishments with a postgraduate diploma and subsequent masters in Criminology. The Sherlock actor said he 'couldn't believe' Fulcher's story when he heard it. There had been years of endless worry as they investigated me. In January 2014, Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final written warning by a disciplinary tribunal. 12:20 GMT 20 Sep 2018 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. The programme explores whether Steve's actions were brilliant detective work, or arrogance and recklessness which ultimately cost him his job. The senior investigating officer on the case was Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher (played in A Confession by Martin Freeman) and the events of 24th March would be the defining moment of his career. Jeff Pope, Executive Producer and Writer - explains PACE. You can unsubscribe at any time. 'I am really open-minded there is an eight-year gap between Becky and Sian,' Memory said. Buried around the pond were more items of womens clothing. By effectively acting to ensure Halliwells life was preserved, I was potentially going to cause the death of his victim, he recalls. Steve recalls how a kidnap inquiry was launched after Sian went missing in the early hours of Saturday, March 19, 2011. 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. 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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Met Eireann has pinpointed a two-week period where 'weather warnings or impactful weather are possible'. There is a fundamental flaw in the law when a detective has to refuse a voluntary confession from a suspect., There remains the question of other possible victims. The car had been seen on CCTV pulling up next to Sian on her way home. Fulcher has broadly received the support of the victims' families. Episode six of the six-part series will air tonight Monday . She and Halliwell lived on the same street. January 2003 - Becky Godden, then aged 20, is last seen alive after getting into a taxi outside Destiny & Desire nightclub in Swindon. He's not forensically linked to outstanding cases. ', He considered his actions: 'Should I stop him confessing? 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. 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. It is based on a true-life inquiry which led to a police officer losing his career. He was only convicted of Becky's murder in 2016 after a new detective took over the investigation. That decision cost DS Fulcher his career. When you have a body in a ditch you have a reactive investigation as the harm has been done. What are the ramifications of that? If I had followed procedure, then Sian and Beckys bodies may never have been found yet it seems thats what senior authorities wouldve preferred. It is possible that there were other victims before or after Becky but he has never been charged or convicted of any other murders. 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 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. But then Halliwell had a second horrific confession. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. He was investigated by the police watchdog, the IPCC and found guilty of Gross Misconduct. On that day, the police made an urgent appeal for witnesses who had spotted a green Toyota Avensis with taxi markings. He drove a car similar to one spotted on CCTV at the time of Sians disappearance. In January 2003Becky Godden, then aged 20, is last seen alive after getting into a taxi outside Destiny & Desire nightclub in Swindon. 10:45 GMT 24 Sep 2016, By the way, it was a pleasure ruining your career, you corrupt b*****d.. This is the central thrust of the ITV drama, starring Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton and. '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.'. Christopher Halliwells lawyers argued successfully that the confession should not be put before a jury. He still believes he made the right decisions on that day. DC Fulcher quit after being accused of gross misconduct over murder case. Det Supt Fulcher had risen through the ranks at Sussex Police before moving to Wiltshire. Fulcher went on to write a book about his experiences, called Catching a Serial Killer. Joe Absolom plays the killer Christopher Halliwell. But there is only no evidence because they havent spoken to the witness.. At 9.45am he called the police to report that his girlfriend had gone missing. The trace on her phone was tracked to the nearby Savernake Forest by Steve's team. By "Because you don't want to mention a name and then give a family false hope. January 30, 2012 - Mrs Justice Cox rules the evidence of Halliwell's confessions to the murders of both women is inadmissible. You dont sleep, you dont eat, its a 24/7 commitment, says Fulcher. His career was in tatters. 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. However, four years later judge Sir John Griffith Williams decided that Fulcher's evidence could and should be heard in court as part of the case. March 30, 2015 - Halliwell is charged with Miss Godden's murder. 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. 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. 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 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 cornered by detectives, Halliwell admitted that he had killed Sian and led them to her body. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. But without common sense it gives too much protection to the guilty and not the victim, he says. Former detective superintendent Steve Fulcher has now told his side of the story With compelling circumstantial evidence, Fulcher authorised covert surveillance. You can criticise me, but I felt I had no option - there was simply no other way I could have acted that was within the letter of the law. 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. To Catch A Serial Killer airs on Thursday at 9pm on ITV, The comments below have not been moderated, By Around the pond were not six other items of womens clothing. May 23, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss Godden's murder. His loyal family had also suffered. 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. 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. Sians only crime was to resemble Halliwells own mother, who he hated. Joe Absolom, which has been gripping audiences for the past six weeks. Linda Razzell, 41, disappeared in Swindon on March 19, 2002. But. View our online Press Pack. I did these things because they were the right things to do in these circumstances. Steve Fulcher placed Halliwell under surveillance and he was seen cleaning his car, disposing of materials in litter bins, and burning objects at night. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. There was no sign of a baby when they came by". Monday 7 October 2019, 5:22pm. And then, out of the blue, the taxi driver said: "Do you want another one?". 23:33 GMT 23 Sep 2016 But forensic evidence that has been used to convict [Halliwell] was available back in 2011. 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. Sian's mother Elaine Pickford says what he did was understandable to. The following month, he learned he had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. I couldnt believe it, he says. Instead resources went into investigating me for 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. "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 almost derailed the court case against Halliwell and called into question one of the most important principles of the criminal justice system. 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. Fulcher, also a father with two daughters, says: If I didnt take this step, I feared Sian would die alone and abandoned.. 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. 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. A young woman called Becky Godden-Edwards had gone missing a number of years before, last seen in 2002 or 2003. Steve explains what happened next: 'He said, "You and I should have a chat". In his book, Steve says: At the bottom of a pond that was 8ft deep they found Sian OCallaghans distinctive boot. 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.'. 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. 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. Wiltshire Police have since issued a statement saying, There is no evidence whatsoever to link him to any other murder in this country. He was crying in the car, saying he was a sick f*cker, recalls Fulcher. 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?. ", 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? CCTV of Sians last-known moments led him to 47-year-old father-of-three Christopher Halliwell. Inside the sad decline of 'Fairy Floss Girl': How the racegoer who shot to fame when Kyle Sandilands gushed that 'This is what we hoped would not happen': Police despair after finding baby's body during search for aristocrat Theatre issues trigger warning for production which 'involves the handling of a cooked egg', Man dies 'after being shot at home': Police Scotland hunt 'gunman' as they appeal for information. She too had been strangled. 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. 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. She had been brutally beaten and stabbed. The disappearances of Tina Pryer, 39, Thi Hai Nguyen, 20, and Sandra Brewin, 21, have also been linked to the killer. Halliwell had been spotted buying a large quantity of pills, so officers were sent in to arrest him. DS Steve Fulcher said he had always been convinced Halliwell had targeted more women. TWISTED Christopher Halliwell could be one of Britains worst serial killers, says the detective who put him behind bars. "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.". 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. Youre seriously telling me theres nothing in between or either side? All I could do was try to keep him talking.. Her boyfriend, Kevin Reape, raised the alarm at 9.45am the following morning when Sian hadn't turned up at . A judge then ruled that Halliwell's confessions to killing both victims were actually inadmissible as evidence in court. 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. A Confession is a six-part ITV drama. In January 2012, at a preliminary hearing, Mrs Justice Cox ruled the confession obtained by Fulcher was inadmissible at trial. It need never have been so. 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. 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. During the investigation, Detective Steve Fulcher broke police protocol and extracted not one, but two confessions from the killer. 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. ", A Confession will air on ITV in September 2019, Try 12 issues for 1 today - never miss an issue. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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. This is a charge that usually applies to corrupt officials, not someone dealing with a serial killer.. Detective Chief Inspector Sean Memory said there could be an "innocent explanation" but pointed out: "Someone has made some effort to hide it. The CPS should have appealed. He wanted to use what he believed were emergency powers, to be used only when there is an imminent threat to life. 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. Sian was caught on CCTV at 2.52am leaving the nightclub in Swindon, Wiltshire. Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher speaks at a press conference at Gablecross Police Station in Swindon on the murder of Sian O'Callaghan, MARTIN FREEMAN as Steve Fulcher and JOE ABSOLOM as Christopher Halliwell, Elaine Pickford, played by Sobhan Finneran, was grateful to DS Fulcher. But Fulcher had taken a different course: 'We drove for about 45 minutes trying to keep him in the moment. At Wiltshire he had solved several murders while simultaneously gaining a Masters Degree in Criminology from the University of Cambridge. 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. Once in the remote woodland, Halliwell stood on the exact spot where he claimed hed buried a girl years earlier. 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 decision Steve made to follow Halliwell's taunt almost derailed the case against the killer in court, and ultimately cost the officer his job. How was the killer Christopher Halliwell caught? 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. It's just not going to happen. But Halliwell was eventually found guilty of the murder of Godden-Edwards and was given another life sentence. I acted in good faith to save a life, and to recover a body we did not previously know about.. For two days undercover police in 12 vehicles kept him under constant surveillance in the hope he would lead them to Sian. ', 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.'. He later decided of his own volition to resign from Wiltshire Police.. 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. Place him under arrest and take him back into custody? Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Fulcher has lost his career, he works as a security consultant in Africa. The judge said I acted in good faith, he says. Most arent concerned with policing on the ground, but are pen-pushers worried only by self advancement., He emphasises hes not advocating bending the rules. Instead, seeing a window of opportunity, hed driven him to the field where Halliwell claimed another body would be found. Fulcher decided not to take Halliwell to. Halliwell was convicted of Beckys murder in September 2016. 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.. And where had they gone next? After his arrest, Halliwell revealed the location of Sian's body. Halliwell was charged with two life terms for the murders of both women and is likely to die in prison. 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. I was prepared for this his case wasnt defendable so it was the only thing they could do but I thought reason would prevail. I gave [Halliwell] a cigarette and he asked to talk to me. But a secret trophy store of 60 items of womens clothing suggests dozens more victims may have been raped or killed by him. POLICE unearthed the stash of trophies just 15 miles from where serial killer Christopher Halliwell had led them to Sian OCallaghans body. Pope said: Watching the series with him afterwards, it was almost unbearable. Despite these hopes, Fulcher was wrong. But Beckys family was having to wait for justice. March 24, 2011 - Halliwell leads Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, of Wiltshire Police, to the locations of Miss O'Callaghan and Miss Godden's bodies. 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. She says: 'Steve did what I think any family member would want an officer to do for them. As he points out, however, his focus was on one thing: finding Sian. The taxi belonged to Halliwell, who told his company he had gone home at 1.30am - much earlier than Sian had disappeared. 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. The cop's life imploded when he caught depraved killer Christopher Halliwell. Instead, everyone turned on me.. Sophie Rundle: Motherhood has made me too tired to people-please', The Witch Trials of JK Rowling makes sensible points. 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. It has emerged Halliwell was obsessed with Linda after doing building work at the Razzells home four years before she died. Halliwell is thought to have killed Becky in 2003, while Sian was killed in 2011. 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.'. He has written a memoir 'Catching A Serial Killer' upon which "A Confession' is partly based. Its an almost insoluble problem. 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. Halliwells father lived a few streets from the home of chef Claudia Lawrence, who has been missing since March 19, 2009. As the criminal proceedings were thrown into jeopardy, Det Supt Fulcher faced gross misconduct hearings. But not before Halliwell, defending himself in court, gloated about how he had ruined Steves career. 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. 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. There wasnt an alternative that wouldnt involve ruining my chances of Halliwell opening up.. Fearing he was planning to overdose, the police swooped in and arrested him in an Asda car park in north Swindon, charging him with the kidnap (not murder) of Sian. In May 2014, Fulcher resigned from Wiltshire Police. Thats the question a new true-crime dramatisation asks, as it tells the story of a detective in a 2011 murder case who was found guilty of gross misconduct, but resulted in the conviction of a murderer guilty of two brutal killings. 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. What is right and what is wrong? May 31, 2012 - Halliwell appears at Preston Crown Court and denies murdering Miss O'Callaghan. Common sense did not win the day. As Steve Fulcher tells of his battle with pen-pushers and myopic box-tickers within the police service, one thing is clear: the treatment received by this senior officer is enough to drive anyone to despair at the insanity of our legal system, one in which an obsession with process has taken precedence over the rights of victims and their families. By then he had amassed an impressive CV, presiding over dozens of large investigations. A Confession viewers have been shocked by the twists and turns in the TV version of the horrific true story of serial killer Christopher Halliwell. 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