It need never have been so. 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. Steve said: One witness came forward to say they were sure they had seen Halliwell and Claudia together. Steve explains what happened next: 'He said, "You and I should have a chat". Police are still continuing their investigation into Halliwell as they believe other victims are yet to be found. Oscar-nominated scriptwriter Jeff Pope based the drama on Det Supt Fulchers memoirs and independent research. So he definitely killed Sian in March 2011, he definitely killed Becky early 2003. Martin Freeman - plays Supt Det Steve Fulcher. There had been years of endless worry as they investigated me. ", 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? What is right and what is wrong? 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. He was investigated by the police watchdog, the IPCC and found guilty of Gross Misconduct. The force arranged for an independent misconduct panel to convene. The fallout for Steve Fulcher was huge. Sian was caught on CCTV at 2.52am leaving the nightclub in Swindon, Wiltshire. Just five days later her body was found in Oxfordshire. 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. Its a simple moral issue, he told the Guardian. Effectively unemployable by British police, he now works as a consultant on policing in Somalia, taking him away from home for long periods. This was roughly 12 miles away. "I for one stand by Fulcher's steadfast resolve to try and find my sister Sian," Liam O'Callaghan said. 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. Christopher Halliwell, 54, is serving two whole life terms after killing 20-year-old Becky Godden and Sian O'Callaghan, 22. He said: If Im right, he had a propensity for killing on average once a year. Met Eireann has pinpointed a two-week period where 'weather warnings or impactful weather are possible'. Rebecca Godden-Edwards, aged 18, also known as Becky, whose remains were found by police investigating the murder of missing nightclubber Sian O'Callaghan. View our online Press Pack. , updated A young woman called Becky Godden-Edwards had gone missing a number of years before, last seen in 2002 or 2003. Kathryn Knight for the Daily Mail He drove a car similar to one spotted on CCTV at the time of Sians disappearance. He took the team to a field in Gloucestershire where the remains of a second woman were later found. POLICE unearthed the stash of trophies just 15 miles from where serial killer Christopher Halliwell had led them to Sian OCallaghans body. 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. We might never find out who 'another one' is. Common sense did not win the day. Fulcher himself spent hours questioning Halliwell at Barbury Castle, breaking down his defences and sharing his cigarettes and forming a connection. 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. 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. 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 was a terrible Catch 22. 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. By now, the search for Sian centred round the nearby Iron Age fort of Barbary Castle. 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. 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. You might think that witness statement would be taken, but it never has been to my knowledge. It is possible that there were other victims before or after Becky but he has never been charged or convicted of any other murders. It was a fitting tribute for a man who prided himself on putting victims and their families first. The decision almost derailed the case against the killer in court, and ultimately cost the detective his job. ", 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. The force arranged for an independent misconduct panel to convene. And if were not protecting the victim then were all sunk., The comments below have not been moderated, By 'I can't rule out that there are other victims. He tells Tim Lewis why he'd do it again Tim. 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. It has since emerged Halliwell was obsessed with Linda after doing building work at the Razzells' home four years before she died. Under the PACE code of practice (relating to The Police And Criminal Evidence Act of 1984), DS Fulcher should have taken Halliwell straight back to the police station as soon as he confessed to Beckys murder. 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. As a result of this procedural failure, Halliwells confession regarding both murders was ruled inadmissible in court. But Halliwell was eventually found guilty of the murder of Godden-Edwards and was given another life sentence. Four months later, he resigned from the Wiltshire Police force. Officers observed Halliwell depositing a perfume bottle, car seat covers and bloodied tissues in bins in assorted rural locations. 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. 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. Place him under arrest and take him back into custody? 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. He lost his police pension worth 500,000, had to sell his house and now works training police in war-torn Somalia. ', 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.'. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Channel 4 During the investigation, a. Four months later, he resigned from the Wiltshire Police force. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 25 years. Her boyfriend, Kevin Reape, raised the alarm at 9.45am the following morning when Sian hadn't turned up at . 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. The judge said I acted in good faith, 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. But Fulcher had taken a different course: 'We drove for about 45 minutes trying to keep him in the moment. 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And then, out of the blue, the taxi driver said: "Do you want another one?". 'I am really open-minded there is an eight-year gap between Becky and Sian,' Memory said. This almost derailed the court case against Halliwell and called into question one of the most important principles of the criminal justice system. They also seized his green Toyota Avensis. There's a distinct possibility there could be further offences.'. After his arrest, Halliwell revealed the location of Sian's body. Via CCTV footage and tracing of her mobile signal it quickly became clear this was what Fulcher terms a crime in action. 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. 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. And he decided this would be treated as a missing person inquiry, rather than a murder. When detective Steve Fulcher broke arrest guidelines to persuade a serial killer to admit murdering two women, his gamble was hailed as brilliant policing. 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. There is another comfort, too. "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. Joe Absolom plays the killer Christopher Halliwell. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Steve says Halliwell then asked him, "Do you want another one?"'. He still believes he made the right decisions on that day. September 5, 2016 - Halliwell goes on trial at Bristol Crown Court for Miss Godden's murder. Instead resources went into investigating me for years.. You are talking about co-ordinating hundreds of officers. Sians mother Elaine Pickford, who is played by Sobhan Finneran, was grateful to DS Fulcher. 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. In 2014, he was found guilty of misconduct at a disciplinary hearing. 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. For his emotion, when it comes, isnt for his own plight, but that of Becky, Sian, and their families. I couldnt believe it, he says. 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. 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.. Halliwells father lived a few streets from the home of chef Claudia Lawrence, who has been missing since March 19, 2009. But who was driving the vehicle? He learned the CPS were considering bringing charges against him for malfeasance in public office. At this point, Fulcher still hoped to find Sian alive. She says: 'Steve did what I think any family member would want an officer to do for them. 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. Jeff Pope, Executive Producer and Writer - explains PACE. 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. The last sighting of her was in the Manchester Road area, in the towns red-light district, at 10.45pm on September 8, 1995. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. February 18, 2015 - Halliwell is arrested on suspicion of murdering Miss Godden. The senior echelons arent police officers at all. I heard nothing for 10 months, he recalls. 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. She too had been strangled. Halliwell finally guided DS Fulcher and his team to a remote gully near the White Horse landmark at Uffington where he had dumped Sians body. Sian wasnt murdered until 2011. , updated It took a jury just two hours to find him guilty. Quite rightly it gives protection to the innocent. Halliwell had been spotted buying a large quantity of pills, so officers were sent in to arrest him. 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. The investigation into her murder was headed up by DS Fulcher who charged cab driver Chris Halliwell with the abduction of the office worker. For other inquiries, Contact Us. They are someones daughter, sister.. I made that clear back in 2011.. '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. On that day, the police made an urgent appeal for witnesses who had spotted a green Toyota Avensis with taxi markings. AN early suspect in Sians murder was one of Steves bosses Deputy Chief Constable of Wiltshire Dave Ainsworth. 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. How Christopher Halliwell was brought to justice. Former detective superintendent Steve Fulcher has now told his side of the story With compelling circumstantial evidence, Fulcher authorised covert surveillance. He was an experienced police officer who knew what he was doing. Beckys mother, Karen Edwards, began a petition calling for a change to arrest guidelines. After Halliwell's arrest, Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher made an unusual decision with huge ramifications. A High Court judge ruled that this breach of police guidelines made Halliwells confessions of killing both women inadmissible, which nearly derailed the cases. Do you want another one?. A Confession airs on Monday nights on ITV and is available on ITV Hub. 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. As the criminal proceedings were thrown into jeopardy, Det Supt Fulcher faced gross misconduct hearings. May 23, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss Godden's murder. Her boyfriend raised the alarm and soon Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher was leading the inquiry into her disappearance. It has emerged Halliwell was obsessed with Linda after doing building work at the Razzells home four years before she died. For nine long minutes Halliwell said nothing. Sian's mother Elaine Pickford says what he did was understandable to. Christopher Halliwells lawyers argued successfully that the confession should not be put before a jury. The worm, however, quickly turned. With time running out, DS Fulcher then took Halliwell to Barbury Castle, a beauty spot outside Swindon, where he suspected Sian was being held. 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. 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. Its an almost insoluble problem. 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. 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.'. 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. 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.. Finally, Halliwell confessed to Sian's murder and offered to take him to Sian's body, leading the police to her burial spot. Sophie Rundle: Motherhood has made me too tired to people-please', The Witch Trials of JK Rowling makes sensible points. He wanted to seize the opportunity to grill Halliwell before it was too late. I was prepared for this his case wasnt defendable so it was the only thing they could do but I thought reason would prevail. Fulcher has lost his career, he works as a security consultant in Africa. This is the central thrust of the ITV drama, starring Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton and. 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. 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. In January 2014, Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final written warning by a disciplinary tribunal. 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. The trace on her phone was tracked to the nearby Savernake Forest by Steve's team. 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. Four days later, Fulcher said significant lines of inquiry were being developed and he revealed that they were looking for information and witnesses of a green Toyota Avensis with taxi markings that had been seen in the area after her disappearance. By effectively acting to ensure Halliwells life was preserved, I was potentially going to cause the death of his victim, he recalls. It is a scandal.. 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.'. In January 2003Becky Godden, then aged 20, is last seen alive after getting into a taxi outside Destiny & Desire nightclub in Swindon. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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. First he dumped her body near his sick stash at Ramsbury. 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. 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. 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