Having guided them to the remote spot where he had dumped her body, Halliwell had suddenly confessed: Im a sick f***er. It took a jury just two hours to find him guilty. 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. 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. Martin Freeman plays DS Stephen Fulcher in new ITV drama A Confession. Steve Fulcher, played by Martin Freeman, lost his career after catching a serial killer Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher resigned from Wiltshire Police in May 2014 ( Image: PA) As. 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. However, that's not to say he hasn't committed other offences. Its taken all this time for Beckys case to come to court, he says. 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. Which was quite odd, actually I felt the sense of gratitude. He had killed her two minutes after she got in his cab. As he points out, however, his focus was on one thing: finding Sian. 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. The 22-year-old office worker had been out with friends, got separated from them and left the nightclub alone. 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. Christopher Halliwells lawyers argued successfully that the confession should not be put before a jury. It need never have been so. And then, out of the blue, the taxi driver said: "Do you want another one?". That changed when officers reported Halliwell had visited a chemist and bought what Fulcher calls an overdose quantity of pills. 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. AN early suspect in Sians murder was one of Steves bosses Deputy Chief Constable of Wiltshire Dave Ainsworth. But on that same afternoon, Halliwell was observed buying a large quantity of pills. 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. With equity release you could access a lump-sum of tax-free cash which can be used to enhance your retirement income, make home improvements, or even enjoy a memorable holiday. 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. Christopher Halliwell, 54, is serving two whole life terms after killing 20-year-old Becky Godden and Sian O'Callaghan, 22. 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. During the investigation, Detective Steve Fulcher broke police protocol and extracted not one, but two confessions from the killer. There had been years of endless worry as they investigated me. Some claimed the manner in which Steve gained Halliwells confessions was "arrogant and reckless". There is a significant gap in his offending. 'He had done what I considered to be the right thing. If Sian was still alive, she probably wouldnt survive the 96 hours we could keep him in custody if he refused to co-operate.. 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In fact, they were the only things to do.. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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. Halliwell, 55, had already admitted murdering Sian in Swindon in 2011, but DS Fulcher's intervention saw him confess to killing Becky Godden 20 years earlier as well. When OCallaghan was reported missing on 19 March 2011, DS Steve Fulcher of Wiltshire Police was brought in to lead the case. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Sophie Rundle: Motherhood has made me too tired to people-please', The Witch Trials of JK Rowling makes sensible points. Officers observed Halliwell. Naturally, trying to ensure this places huge pressure on senior officers. As he rose through the ranks, he enhanced his professional accomplishments with a postgraduate diploma and subsequent masters in Criminology. She and Halliwell lived on the same street. The senior echelons arent police officers at all. 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. He [was] kind of crawling up the walls. "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. Four months later, he resigned from the Wiltshire Police force. "Generally, we echo Fulcher's belief that there are other victims," Pope said, explaining the drama's approach to the question. 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. 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. Latest weather models confirm that a bitter cold snap is on the way for Ireland. 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. Once Halliwell was in custody, Fulcher was hailed by his superiors. 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. 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. June 9, 2015 - Halliwell appears at Bristol Crown Court and denies Miss Godden's murder. 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. 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. Lara Keay For Mailonline, 'These dinosaurs are meant to be EXTINCT! Lara Keay For Mailonline He wanted to use what he believed were emergency powers, to be used only when there is an imminent threat to life. Episode six of the six-part series will air tonight Monday . Martin Freeman plays Det Supt Fulcher, Imelda Staunton is Karen Edwards, Beckys mother, Siobhan Finneran features as Elaine Pickford, Sians mother. May 23, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss Godden's murder. Another potential victim is prostitute Sally Ann John, 24, who vanished from Swindon in 1995. For his emotion, when it comes, isnt for his own plight, but that of Becky, Sian, and their families. 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. 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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. 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. '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.'. Halliwell is serving life for killing Sian OCallaghan, 22, and Becky Godden, 20. Yet no one was interested.. Rebecca Godden-Edwards, aged 18, also known as Becky, whose remains were found by police investigating the murder of missing nightclubber Sian O'Callaghan. 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. 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.. Why on earth had this killer been given every conceivable privilege, while a brave, upstanding detective was hung out to dry? She and Halliwell lived on the same street. The CPS and senior police figures panicked, Fulcher says. The charge of murdering Miss Godden is formally withdrawn. Fulchers once distinguished career, meanwhile, lies in ruins. 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.. 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. 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. In January 2012, at a preliminary hearing, Mrs Justice Cox ruled the confession obtained by Fulcher was inadmissible at trial. You might think that witness statement would be taken, but it never has been to my knowledge. In the early hours of Saturday 19th March 2011, a 22-year-old named Sian O'Callaghan left Suju's nightclub in Swindon after a night out with her friends. Sian's mother Elaine Pickford says what he did was understandable to. Indeed, Fulchers commitment to the victims of crime shines through during our interview. Sians mother Elaine Pickford, who is played by Sobhan Finneran, was grateful to DS Fulcher. Five days after her disappearance and desperate to find Sian alive, police had closed in on suspect Halliwell. 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. 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. In May 2012 Christopher Halliwell pleaded not guilty to the charge of murdering Sian O'Callaghan, but when he appeared in Bristol Crown Court in October 2012 he pleaded guilty to her murder. 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Steve Fulcher placed Halliwell under surveillance and he was seen cleaning his car, disposing of materials in litter bins, and burning objects at night. His career was in tatters. But he also made another confession offering to lead Fulcher to a second body. In fact she was found in a very shallow grave. March 24, 2011 - Halliwell leads Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, of Wiltshire Police, to the locations of Miss O'Callaghan and Miss Godden's bodies. I cannot believe that was his first offence from being a burglar in the 1980s to a murderer in 2003. There is another comfort, too. His loyal family had also suffered. He said: If Im right, he had a propensity for killing on average once a year. Fearful that Halliwell might take his own life, he felt he had no choice but to arrest him on suspicion of kidnap the first of a number of difficult dilemmas he would face. No trace of her has ever been found. He was an experienced police officer who knew what he was doing. 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. In the meantime he was suspended, left pacing the floor at home with worry. 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. 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. OPERS serves 1.2 million workers and retirees. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. If the evidence in the trophy store suggests a truth that still lies hidden, then Halliwell had a prolific propensity to murder perhaps as often as once or twice a year so lives were saved after his arrest.. She too had been strangled. 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. Trying to find Ireland's best burger or best pizza? Monster is currently serving life for killing Sian OCallaghan, 22, and Becky Godden, 20. 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