Later that year, he resigned, his police career over. Episode six of the six-part series will air tonight Monday . He drove a car similar to one spotted on CCTV at the time of Sians disappearance. At 9.45am he called the police to report that his girlfriend had gone missing. The 22-year-old office worker had been out with friends, got separated from them and left the nightclub alone. Indeed, it was only thanks to Fulchers instincts honed from 25 years of painstaking investigations and cat and mouse detective work that two young murder victims had been found. The force arranged for an independent misconduct panel to convene. Fulcher decided not to take Halliwell to. He was scrolling through pictures on his phone of other women, leading me to suspect there were other victims. The decision almost derailed the case against the killer in court, and ultimately cost the detective his job. 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. March 24, 2011 - Halliwell leads Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, of Wiltshire Police, to the locations of Miss O'Callaghan and Miss Godden's bodies. 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. The team found Sian's remains there. 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. May 31, 2012 - Halliwell appears at Preston Crown Court and denies murdering Miss O'Callaghan. 'I would appeal to Christopher Halliwell if he wants to speak I'm willing to speak with him. After Halliwell's arrest, Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher made an unusual decision with huge ramifications. 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. 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. 23:33 GMT 23 Sep 2016 He was crying in the car, saying he was a sick f*cker, recalls Fulcher. 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You are talking about co-ordinating hundreds of officers. You can unsubscribe at any time. Its a simple moral issue, he told the Guardian. Published: Monday, 30th September 2019 at 7:00 am. 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. Sophie Rundle: Motherhood has made me too tired to people-please', The Witch Trials of JK Rowling makes sensible points. But. Here was a man who indicated he might have more victims. 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. 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. So he definitely killed Sian in March 2011, he definitely killed Becky early 2003. But Beckys family was having to wait for justice. Five days after her disappearance and desperate to find Sian alive, police had closed in on suspect Halliwell. I offered to give them full and frank disclosure immediately. "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.". , updated It isnt and it hasnt been. "He later decided of his own volition to resign from Wiltshire Police.". Its a race against time. A race against a backdrop of high emotions, too. ", 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? 'Just in the minutes before Sian vanished, one of the police cars had filmed a Toyota Avensis driving the other way, and it had the number plate.'. Something went wrong, please try again later. By effectively acting to ensure Halliwells life was preserved, I was potentially going to cause the death of his victim, he recalls. Finally, Halliwell confessed to Sian's murder and offered to take him to Sian's body, leading the police to her burial spot. 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. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Around the pond were not six other items of womens clothing. Fulcher is more than qualified to reflect on how British policing has changed. As he points out, however, his focus was on one thing: finding Sian. When do the clocks change in 2023? "I deliberately and very carefully didn't get into specifics of other victims," writer Jeff Pope said. 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. "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. The last sighting of her was in the Manchester Road area, in the towns red-light district, at 10.45pm on September 8, 1995. Steve says Halliwell then asked him, "Do you want another one?"'. 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. Halliwell had been spotted buying a large quantity of pills, so officers were sent in to arrest him. It is a colossal effort. It was horribly tense. There is another comfort, too. The charge of murdering Miss Godden is formally withdrawn. Yet no one was interested.. Kathryn Knight for the Daily Mail He [was] kind of crawling up the walls. 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. It's just not going to happen. He was only convicted of Becky's murder in 2016 after a new detective took over the investigation. 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. 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. 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 Confession airs on Monday nights on ITV and is available on ITV Hub. Four months later, he resigned from the Wiltshire Police force. 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. By During the investigation, Detective Steve Fulcher broke police protocol and extracted not one, but two confessions from the killer. 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. Via CCTV footage and tracing of her mobile signal it quickly became clear this was what Fulcher terms a crime in action. How was the killer Christopher Halliwell caught? 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. Since then, the Christopher Halliwell case has remained at the centre of his life. Judge Mrs Justice Cox ruled both of Halliwell's confessions were inadmissable as evidence because Fulcher had breached Police and Criminal Evidence Act guidelines. Which was quite odd, actually I felt the sense of gratitude. He had killed her two minutes after she got in his cab. He has written a memoir Catching A Serial Killer upon which A Confession is partly based. The worm, however, quickly turned. 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.". 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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. 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 then Halliwell had a second horrific confession. May 23, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss Godden's murder. 11:00 GMT 03 Sep 2019. But CCTV showed him driving around the town for another 90 minutes. 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. The detective and suspect met at Barbury Castle, an Iron Age hill fort near Swindon, where Fulcher believed Halliwell may be keeping Sian alive. June 9, 2015 - Halliwell appears at Bristol Crown Court and denies Miss Godden's murder. 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. But forensic evidence that has been used to convict [Halliwell] was available back in 2011. DS Steve Fulcher said he had always been convinced Halliwell had targeted more women. 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. I pleaded with him for Sians life, he recalls. 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. "Generally, we echo Fulcher's belief that there are other victims," Pope said, explaining the drama's approach to the question. 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. 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 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. Freeman met Fulcher during the filming of A Confession, and Fulcher has now watched the dramatisation. 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. "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.". A wealth of experience which was brought to bear when, on March 19th 2011, office administrator Sian OCallaghan was reported missing by her boyfriend after being last seen outside a nightclub in Swindon town centre in the small hours. The following January Det Supt Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final disciplinary warning. 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. 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. A Confession is a six-part ITV drama. Her boyfriend raised the alarm and soon Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher was leading the inquiry into her disappearance. The 2022 loss represents about 12% of the total portfolio. Once in the remote woodland, Halliwell stood on the exact spot where he claimed hed buried a girl years earlier. 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. 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. You dont sleep, you dont eat, its a 24/7 commitment, says Fulcher. In fact, they were the only things to do.. How far should the police go in securing a confession and bringing a killer to justice? 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. Asked about the difference between roles Fulcher and 'Tim' from The Office, he added:'I'm very, very pleased that I've been able to do other things that have resonated with people.'. So clear, in fact, that there is a police manual The Kidnap Manual with precise guidelines. This almost derailed the court case against Halliwell and called into question one of the most important principles of the criminal justice system. Steve said: One witness came forward to say they were sure they had seen Halliwell and Claudia together. The car had been seen on CCTV pulling up next to Sian on her way home. State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio lost $9.5 billion, which represents 9.64% of the . No trace of her has ever been found. It's a very dodgy road to go down, I think, for us as a society.'. 10:35 GMT 03 Sep 2019 But Fulcher had taken a different course: 'We drove for about 45 minutes trying to keep him in the moment. However, that's not to say he hasn't committed other offences. But he also made another confession offering to lead Fulcher to a second body. For his emotion, when it comes, isnt for his own plight, but that of Becky, Sian, and their families. Fulcher was disciplined for misconduct and later resigned, losing his 500,000 police pension and selling his house. Fulcher has broadly received the support of the victims' families. That is always in your mind, he says. Halliwell admitted he had murdered Sian, and directed Det Supt Fulcher and his team to her body near Uffington, Oxfordshire. January 2003 - Becky Godden, then aged 20, is last seen alive after getting into a taxi outside Destiny & Desire nightclub in Swindon. While others insisted it was actually brilliant detective work, with the mothers of the victims praising DS Fulcher for finding their daughters. However, DS Fulcher, played by Martin Freeman in the ITV drama series, was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final disciplinary warning. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. 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. As he rose through the ranks, he enhanced his professional accomplishments with a postgraduate diploma and subsequent masters in Criminology. 'You're going to get rid of good ones as well? The senior echelons arent police officers at all. He wanted to seize the opportunity to grill Halliwell before it was too late. 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. Despite these hopes, Fulcher was wrong. Youre seriously telling me theres nothing in between or either side? But who was driving the vehicle? 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. CCTV of Sians last-known moments led him to 47-year-old father-of-three Christopher Halliwell. Fulcher, also a father with two daughters, says: If I didnt take this step, I feared Sian would die alone and abandoned.. 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. Halliwell had been busy. But a secret trophy store of 60 items of womens clothing suggests dozens more victims may have been raped or killed by him. 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 went on to write a book about his experiences, called Catching a Serial Killer. Its when these forces collide. Officers observed Halliwell depositing a perfume bottle, car seat covers and bloodied tissues in bins in assorted rural locations. By And a high-heeled boot Sian was wearing before she was abducted on her way home from a nightclub in 2011. 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. Detective Chief Inspector Sean Memory said there could be an "innocent explanation" but pointed out: "Someone has made some effort to hide it. Instead resources went into investigating me for years.. She too had been strangled. Do you want another one?. 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. 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. I need help. Only two of the items have ever been identified a cardigan worn by Becky, who disappeared in Swindon in 2003. 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. But there is only no evidence because they havent spoken to the witness.. He was allowed to keep his job, but later resigned. 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. There is a significant gap in his offending. Fulcher, meanwhile, was being heartily congratulated by senior officers. On March 19 2011, 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan disappeared from Wiltshire after last being spotted at a nightclub in the area. Lara Keay For Mailonline 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. Steve is convinced Halliwell murdered others after he revealed he had buried Becky Godden in a 5ft hole. I was desperately trying to keep the lines of communication open, wondering how much else he might tell me.. "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. In fact she was found in a very shallow grave. All I could do was try to keep him talking.. He lost his police pension worth 500,000, had to sell his house and now works training police in war-torn Somalia. 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. ', A killer locked up and the end of a police career. 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. DS Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct The following January Det Supt Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final disciplinary warning. In 2014, he was found guilty of misconduct at a disciplinary hearing. These are usually reserved for terrorist cases. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Its an almost insoluble problem. ', 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.'. ", Why? Why would this not be the biggest, most protracted, most vigorous investigation in the history of British policing?. A TIMELINE: How Christopher Halliwell was brought to justice. Police are still continuing their investigation into Halliwell as they believe other victims are yet to be found. Why on earth had this killer been given every conceivable privilege, while a brave, upstanding detective was hung out to dry? 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. Officers observed Halliwell. Yet that wasnt all. He wanted to use what he believed were emergency powers, to be used only when there is an imminent threat to life. 'He showed me a list of girls' names that he kept in his phone of those that trusted him as a taxi driver. She had been brutally beaten and stabbed. He lost his police pension worth 500,000, had to sell his house and now works training police in war-torn Somalia. Halliwell is serving life for killing Sian OCallaghan, 22, and Becky Godden, 20. 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. Ainsworth, who had just been suspended over allegations he had sexually harassed female colleagues, was found hanged at home. Steve explains what happened next: 'He said, "You and I should have a chat". It has emerged Halliwell was obsessed with Linda after doing building work at the Razzells home four years before she died. ", A Confession will air on ITV in September 2019, Try 12 issues for 1 today - never miss an issue. Beckys mother, Karen Edwards, began a petition calling for a change to arrest guidelines. Justice Cox got her judgment badly wrong. All the while, Fulcher delayed making an arrest, hoping Halliwell might lead them to Sian, whom he fervently hoped might still be alive. He learned the CPS were considering bringing charges against him for malfeasance in public office. With compelling circumstantial evidence, Fulcher authorised covert surveillance. March 26, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss O'Callaghan's murder. As a result of this procedural failure, Halliwells confession regarding both murders was ruled inadmissible in court. The investigation into her murder was headed up by DS Fulcher who charged cab driver Chris Halliwell with the abduction of the office worker. They also seized his green Toyota Avensis. What are the ramifications of that? 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. On that day, the police made an urgent appeal for witnesses who had spotted a green Toyota Avensis with taxi markings. But on that same afternoon, Halliwell was observed buying a large quantity of pills. Indeed, Fulchers commitment to the victims of crime shines through during our interview. Enjoy this party classic with an updated RT twist - fun for all the family! 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