Martin Freeman - plays Supt Det Steve Fulcher. I wondered, did they belong to the six other victims I suspected Halliwell of killing? Kathryn Knight for the Daily Mail But on that same afternoon, Halliwell was observed buying a large quantity of pills. Steve Fulcher (played by Martin Freeman) violated PACE Code C by interviewing Christopher Halliwell (Joe Absolom) without the presence of a solicitor. Yet no one was interested.. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 'I can't rule out that there are other victims. It turned out to be the remains of Becky. But whats the true story behind Steve Fulcher? The manner in which Steve gained Halliwells confession to killing second victim Becky Godden-Edwards breached police procedure by failing to caution him and denying access to a solicitor. In fact, they were the only things to do.. ', A killer locked up and the end of a police career. "I for one stand by Fulcher's steadfast resolve to try and find my sister Sian," Liam O'Callaghan said. 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. 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. What are the real-life events behind ITV's true crime drama A Confession? Four months later, he resigned from the Wiltshire Police force. Beckys mother, Karen Edwards, began a petition calling for a change to arrest guidelines. It seemed astonishing to me they were not pursing lines of enquiry. That decision cost DS Fulcher his career. 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. 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. The senior echelons arent police officers at all. That is always in your mind, he says. 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 High Court judge ruled that this breach of police guidelines made Halliwells confessions of killing both women inadmissible, which nearly derailed the cases. 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.. In May 2014, Fulcher resigned from Wiltshire Police. He learned the CPS were considering bringing charges against him for malfeasance in public office. 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. 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.. And he decided this would be treated as a missing person inquiry, rather than a murder. It need never have been so. But a secret trophy store of 60 items of womens clothing suggests dozens more victims may have been raped or killed by him. 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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. 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.'. Fulchers once distinguished career, meanwhile, lies in ruins. 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?. The following month, he learned he had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. 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. The force arranged for an independent misconduct panel to convene. But Halliwell was eventually found guilty of the murder of Godden-Edwards and was given another life sentence. 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. There had been years of endless worry as they investigated me. It took four more years of campaigning for it to be allowed, and last September Halliwell was convicted of killing Becky and burying her body in a field at Eastleach, Gloucs. The programme explores whether Steve's actions were brilliant detective work, or arrogance and recklessness which ultimately cost him his job. He wanted to seize the opportunity to grill Halliwell before it was too late. He was crying in the car, saying he was a sick f*cker, recalls Fulcher. Officers observed Halliwell depositing a perfume bottle, car seat covers and bloodied tissues in bins in assorted rural locations. March 26, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss O'Callaghan's murder. When cornered by detectives, Halliwell admitted that he had killed Sian and led them to her body. 'I would appeal to Christopher Halliwell if he wants to speak I'm willing to speak with him. It also meant Halliwell was able to evade justice for Becky's murder when he was found guilty of Sian's killing in 2012. A re-investigation began and evidence re-analysed. CCTV of Sians last-known moments led him to 47-year-old father-of-three Christopher Halliwell. So clear, in fact, that there is a police manual The Kidnap Manual with precise guidelines. 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. Freeman met Fulcher during the filming of A Confession, and Fulcher has now watched the dramatisation. Deborah Peach from the inquiry team recalls in the programme: 'Steve takes the decision that he will conduct an urgent interview of Halliwell himself and just says "Right, let's go".'. The team found Sian's remains there. 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. Another potential victim is prostitute Sally Ann John, 24, who vanished from Swindon in 1995. And if were not protecting the victim then were all sunk., The comments below have not been moderated, By 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. A murder trial began, and in 2016, after two hours of deliberation, a jury found Christopher Halliwell guilty of the murder of Becky Godden-Edwards. But CCTV showed him driving around the town for another 90 minutes. 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These are usually reserved for terrorist cases. Via CCTV footage and tracing of her mobile signal it quickly became clear this was what Fulcher terms a crime in action. 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.'. The 22-year-old office worker had been out with friends, got separated from them and left the nightclub alone. 'He showed me a list of girls' names that he kept in his phone of those that trusted him as a taxi driver. When detective Steve Fulcher broke arrest guidelines to persuade a serial killer to admit murdering two women, his gamble was hailed as brilliant policing. The fallout for Steve Fulcher was huge. 11:00 GMT 03 Sep 2019. Fulcher has lost his career, he works as a security consultant in Africa. Was there ever a more woeful example of flawed justice? So while Halliwell was charged and convicted of the murder of Sian O'Callaghan (the case was strong enough without that confession), at this point he could not be tried for the murder of Becky Godden-Edwards. She too had been strangled. Its an almost insoluble problem. He lost his police pension worth 500,000, had to sell his house and now works training police in war-torn Somalia. The detective and suspect met at Barbury Castle, an Iron Age hill fort near Swindon, where Fulcher believed Halliwell may be keeping Sian alive. 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. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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 felt my position was untenable.. Naturally, trying to ensure this places huge pressure on senior officers. 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. June 9, 2015 - Halliwell appears at Bristol Crown Court and denies Miss Godden's murder. He later decided of his own volition to resign from Wiltshire Police.. Since then, the Christopher Halliwell case has remained at the centre of his life. That changed when officers reported Halliwell had visited a chemist and bought what Fulcher calls an overdose quantity of pills. 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. 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. He wanted to use what he believed were emergency powers, to be used only when there is an imminent threat to life. She was found in a shallow grave near Uffington in Oxfordshire, stabbed in the head and strangled. 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. By then he had amassed an impressive CV, presiding over dozens of large investigations. 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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 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. Human remains were uncovered at a field in Gloucestershire, and they turned out to belong to Becky. But then Halliwell had a second horrific confession. You dont sleep, you dont eat, its a 24/7 commitment, says Fulcher. Fulcher went on to write a book about his experiences, called Catching a Serial Killer. 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. He [was] kind of crawling up the walls. Det Supt Fulcher had risen through the ranks at Sussex Police before moving to Wiltshire. Halliwells father lived a few streets from the home of chef Claudia Lawrence, who has been missing since March 19, 2009. I heard nothing for 10 months, he recalls. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. '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.'. Sians mother Elaine Pickford, who is played by Sobhan Finneran, was grateful to DS Fulcher. But not before Halliwell, defending himself in court, gloated about how he had ruined Steves career. 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. Steve is convinced Halliwell murdered others after he revealed he had buried Becky Godden in a 5ft hole. As he points out, however, his focus was on one thing: finding Sian. Fulcher had not cautioned Halliwell as he should have under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE). He has written a memoir 'Catching A Serial Killer' upon which "A Confession' is partly based. "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.". A police telephone trace threw up a clue - he had texted her half an hour after she left the nightclub saying, 'Worried'. 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. Her boyfriend, Kevin Reape, raised the alarm at 9.45am the following morning when Sian hadn't turned up at . And a high-heeled boot Sian was wearing before she was abducted on her way home from a nightclub in 2011. Sian OCallaghans family certainly think so, as does Becky Goddens mother Karen. For nine long minutes Halliwell said nothing. Murphy explained in the documentary: 'A police officer had the idea of looking at all the police dashboard cameras that were patrolling central Swindon at the time. 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. Joe Absolom plays the Swindon taxi driver Christopher Halliwell who had taken the lives of two you women. Got Christopher Halliwell to confess to 2nd murder . She says: 'Steve did what I think any family member would want an officer to do for them. It was a terrible Catch 22. Fulcher is more than qualified to reflect on how British policing has changed. 23:33 GMT 23 Sep 2016 This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Having guided them to the remote spot where he had dumped her body, Halliwell had suddenly confessed: Im a sick f***er. There wasnt an alternative that wouldnt involve ruining my chances of Halliwell opening up.. Her name would not be discovered for some days, after her DNA was checked. 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. May 31, 2012 - Halliwell appears at Preston Crown Court and denies murdering Miss O'Callaghan. If Im right, well I take comfort from the fact that he hasnt been able to do that since 2011. The worm, however, quickly turned. He took the team to a field in Gloucestershire where the remains of a second woman were later found. Once in the remote woodland, Halliwell stood on the exact spot where he claimed hed buried a girl years earlier. There was no sign of a baby when they came by". It's a very dodgy road to go down, I think, for us as a society.'. Can you have a police force that simply ignores a serial killer?, Karen Edwards, the mother of Becky Godden-Edwards, commented: Had he have followed the guidelines, then Becky would never have been found, she would have never have come into the equation.. By now, the search for Sian centred round the nearby Iron Age fort of Barbary Castle. However, criminal defence barrister Sebastian Gardiner said their must be a way to ensure "police powers are not abused". He drove a car similar to one spotted on CCTV at the time of Sians disappearance. The fiend then revealed where cops could find the body of Becky Godden who police did not even know was missing at the time. 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. So he definitely killed Sian in March 2011, he definitely killed Becky early 2003. Channel 4 During the investigation, a. 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. 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. In January 2014, Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final written warning by a disciplinary tribunal. He's not forensically linked to outstanding cases. His loyal family had also suffered. Quite rightly it gives protection to the innocent. But he later moved her to Uffington, where he pushed her body into the 12ft deep overgrown ravine. Five days after her disappearance and desperate to find Sian alive, police had closed in on suspect Halliwell. Monday 7 October 2019, 5:22pm. As the criminal proceedings were thrown into jeopardy, Det Supt Fulcher faced gross misconduct hearings. Steve Fulcher, the detective who put him behind bars, . 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. 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.. 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.'. 2021 Associated Newspapers Limited. Steve says: We had a policeman under suspicion of sexual impropriety, who drove the exact kind of vehicle we thought had picked up Sian, took his own life just as the net might be closing in. 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. The decision almost derailed the case against the killer in court, and ultimately cost the detective his job. I offered to give them full and frank disclosure immediately. Catching a Serial Killer: My hunt for murderer Christopher Halliwell, spoken many times in the press about his experience of the case, he was working for a private company in Mogadishu, Somalia, the police found "up to 60" items of women's clothing. Episode six of the six-part series will air tonight Monday . Halliwell is serving life for killing Sian OCallaghan, 22, and Becky Godden, 20. He had murdered before. Lara Keay For Mailonline, 'These dinosaurs are meant to be EXTINCT! Halliwell was charged with two life terms for the murders of both women and is likely to die in prison. By 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. But without common sense it gives too much protection to the guilty and not the victim, he says. ', He considered his actions: 'Should I stop him confessing? 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