Common sense did not win the day. "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. After a nail-biting drive, Halliwell guided the police to an isolated lane running alongside the White Horse near Uffington, close to the Berkshire border, where he said Sians body was lying in the open. In May 2014, Fulcher resigned from Wiltshire Police. It took a jury just two hours to find him guilty. DC Fulcher quit after being accused of gross misconduct over murder case. TWISTED Christopher Halliwell could be one of Britains worst serial killers, says the detective who put him behind bars. Sian wasnt murdered until 2011. But without common sense it gives too much protection to the guilty and not the victim, he says. "I for one stand by Fulcher's steadfast resolve to try and find my sister Sian," Liam O'Callaghan said. So he definitely killed Sian in March 2011, he definitely killed Becky early 2003. 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. Christopher Halliwell, 54, is serving two whole life terms after killing 20-year-old Becky Godden and Sian O'Callaghan, 22. 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. Theres no question in my mind Halliwell murdered other girls, Fulcher says. May 31, 2012 - Halliwell appears at Preston Crown Court and denies murdering Miss O'Callaghan. In January 2014, Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final written warning by a disciplinary tribunal. Published: Monday, 30th September 2019 at 7:00 am. "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 delay in Halliwells trial with all the resulting trauma was entirely down to an obsession with procedure, rather than the pursuit of justice. He said: If Im right, he had a propensity for killing on average once a year. Detective Chief Inspector Sean Memory said there could be an "innocent explanation" but pointed out: "Someone has made some effort to hide it. 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. The judge said I acted in good faith, he says. ", Why? 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Speaking on To Catch A Serial Killer - With Trevor McDonald, Elaine said: Steve did what I think any family member would want an officer to do for them.. Steve says Halliwell then asked him, "Do you want another one?"'. Fulcher had not cautioned Halliwell as he should have under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE). 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. Fulcher made the decision to resign from Wiltshire Police force in May, 2014. 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Steve said: One witness came forward to say they were sure they had seen Halliwell and Claudia together. It has since emerged Halliwell was obsessed with Linda after doing building work at the Razzells' home four years before she died. The lives of Sian OCallaghan, 22, and Becky Godden, 20, had been callously cut short by taxi driver Halliwell, who guided Fulcher to their bodies. However, DS Fulcher, played by Martin Freeman in the ITV drama series, was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final disciplinary warning. A Confession is a six-part ITV drama. He has written a memoir Catching A Serial Killer upon which A Confession is partly based. Healthy mother-of-two, 32, collapsed and died from brain bleed while she led fitness bounce class. Fulcher opened up on the case last year on ITV documentary To Catch A Serial Killer - With Trevor McDonald. Fulcher himself spent hours questioning Halliwell at Barbury Castle, breaking down his defences and sharing his cigarettes and forming a connection. Steve Fulcher confronted by killer Christopher Halliwell in A Confession finale teaser. 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. 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. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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 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. Instead resources went into investigating me for years.. The worm, however, quickly turned. It isnt and it hasnt been. Natalie Corner For Mailonline Steve recalls how a kidnap inquiry was launched after Sian went missing in the early hours of Saturday, March 19, 2011. Sian was caught on CCTV at 2.52am leaving the nightclub in Swindon, Wiltshire. By Halliwell was charged with two life terms for the murders of both women and is likely to die in prison. According to the PACE rules, he should have cautioned the killer and given him access to a solicitor after discovering that Sian was dead. February 18, 2015 - Halliwell is arrested on suspicion of murdering Miss Godden. 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The last sighting of her was in the Manchester Road area, in the towns red-light district, at 10.45pm on September 8, 1995. Fulcher, meanwhile, was being heartily congratulated by senior officers. I pleaded with him for Sians life, he recalls. It also meant Halliwell was able to evade justice for Becky's murder when he was found guilty of Sian's killing in 2012. It is a scandal.. 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. 10:45 GMT 24 Sep 2016, By the way, it was a pleasure ruining your career, you corrupt b*****d.. After joining the Wiltshire force in 2003, Fulcher was promoted to Detective Superintendent. But a secret trophy store of 60 items of womens clothing suggests dozens more victims may have been raped or killed by him. He was scrolling through pictures on his phone of other women, leading me to suspect there were other victims. 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. Halliwell is thought to have killed Becky in 2003, while Sian was killed in 2011. The public needs to know what the police wont do if their own daughter went missing. 2021 Associated Newspapers Limited. Wiltshire Police told the BBC: The IPCC investigation concluded that a misconduct hearing should take place to consider potential gross misconduct. "I deliberately and very carefully didn't get into specifics of other victims," writer Jeff Pope said. He learned the CPS were considering bringing charges against him for malfeasance in public office. The investigation into her murder was headed up by DS Fulcher who charged cab driver Chris Halliwell with the abduction of the office worker. What that manual makes very clear is the primary crucial objective is the preservation of life, says Fulcher. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. As he rose through the ranks, he enhanced his professional accomplishments with a postgraduate diploma and subsequent masters in Criminology. By effectively acting to ensure Halliwells life was preserved, I was potentially going to cause the death of his victim, he recalls. Joe Absolom plays the killer Christopher Halliwell. Well the ramifications are clear. Fulcher decided not to take Halliwell to. A TIMELINE: How Christopher Halliwell was brought to justice. If Sian was still alive, she probably wouldnt survive the 96 hours we could keep him in custody if he refused to co-operate.. He was found guilty in January 2014 and given a final written warning by a disciplinary tribunal. It's just not going to happen. In January 2014, Fulcher was found guilty of gross misconduct and given a final written warning by a disciplinary tribunal. She was found in a shallow grave near Uffington in Oxfordshire, stabbed in the head and strangled. 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. This is the central thrust of the ITV drama, starring Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton and. 'He had done what I considered to be the right thing. After his arrest, Halliwell revealed the location of Sian's body. 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. The detective and suspect met at Barbury Castle, an Iron Age hill fort near Swindon, where Fulcher believed Halliwell may be keeping Sian alive. But Fulcher had taken a different course: 'We drove for about 45 minutes trying to keep him in the moment. 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. It's a very dodgy road to go down, I think, for us as a society.'. If I had followed procedure, then Sian and Beckys bodies may never have been found yet it seems thats what senior authorities wouldve preferred. Effectively unemployable by British police, he now works as a consultant on policing in Somalia, taking him away from home for long periods. I felt my position was untenable.. It is a colossal effort. 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. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. 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. The worst part, Fulcher says, is none of its surprising. Halliwell admitted he had murdered Sian, and directed Det Supt Fulcher and his team to her body near Uffington, Oxfordshire. Jeff Pope, Executive Producer and Writer - explains PACE. First he dumped her body near his sick stash at Ramsbury. He still believes he made the right decisions on that day. 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. What are the real-life events behind ITV's true crime drama A Confession? When cornered by detectives, Halliwell admitted that he had killed Sian and led them to her body. 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. During the investigation, Detective Steve Fulcher broke police protocol and extracted not one, but two confessions from the killer. Its a race against time. A race against a backdrop of high emotions, too. By Freeman met Fulcher during the filming of A Confession, and Fulcher has now watched the dramatisation. I heard nothing for 10 months, he recalls. There were 60. Freeman, 47, plays Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher in the ITV show A Confession. 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. Moreover, as forensic officers set to work, Fulcher was unprepared for what came next. You are talking about co-ordinating hundreds of officers. Channel 4 During the investigation, a. As he points out, however, his focus was on one thing: finding Sian. Once in the remote woodland, Halliwell stood on the exact spot where he claimed hed buried a girl years earlier. Steve is no longer working for Wiltshire police, having left the force back in 2014, but his decision to hand in his notice wasn't one he made lightly. But he also made another confession offering to lead Fulcher to a second body. This almost derailed the court case against Halliwell and called into question one of the most important principles of the criminal justice system. A Confession is based on the true story of Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher and the disappearance of Sian O'Callaghan. While they could go ahead with Sians murder charge, thanks to Halliwells DNA being on her body, the refusal of Fulchers senior officers to further investigate Beckys death, and thus garner more evidence, led the CPS to withdraw that charge. The fiend then revealed where cops could find the body of Becky Godden who police did not even know was missing at the time. He said: "My view is that I have brought two daughters back to their mothers and Ive prevented other victims resulting from Halliwells continued pursuit of his career as a serial killer. There wasnt an alternative that wouldnt involve ruining my chances of Halliwell opening up.. These are usually reserved for terrorist cases. But the story is no work of fiction. Instead, everyone turned on me.. 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. While others insisted it was actually brilliant detective work, with the mothers of the victims praising DS Fulcher for finding their daughters. 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. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. 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. Martin Freeman plays DS Stephen Fulcher in new ITV drama A Confession. He lost his police pension worth 500,000, had to sell his house and now works training police in war-torn Somalia. 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. POLICE unearthed the stash of trophies just 15 miles from where serial killer Christopher Halliwell had led them to Sian OCallaghans body. Her husband Glyn has spent 13 years in jail for her murder but maintains his innocence, with his lawyer saying he would be 'very surprised' if he had committed the crime. It is possible that there were other victims before or after Becky but he has never been charged or convicted of any other murders. In March 2011, Sian OCallaghan vanished on a night out in Swindon. On that day, the police made an urgent appeal for witnesses who had spotted a green Toyota Avensis with taxi markings. September 5, 2016 - Halliwell goes on trial at Bristol Crown Court for Miss Godden's murder. Here was a man who indicated he might have more victims. "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. 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.. No trace of her has ever been found. Yet no one was interested.. A High Court judge ruled that this breach of police guidelines made Halliwells confessions of killing both women inadmissible, which nearly derailed the cases. The Sherlock actor said he 'couldn't believe' Fulcher's story when he heard it. Buried around the pond were more items of womens clothing. This was roughly 12 miles away. Its an almost insoluble problem. All I could do was try to keep him talking.. 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".'. Sian OCallaghans family certainly think so, as does Becky Goddens mother Karen. But forensic evidence that has been used to convict [Halliwell] was available back in 2011. March 26, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss O'Callaghan's murder. What is right and what is wrong? Fulcher has broadly received the support of the victims' families. June 9, 2015 - Halliwell appears at Bristol Crown Court and denies Miss Godden's murder. 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. Halliwell might have been far more prolific than even I had feared.. They have been fulsome in their support of a man they believe acted solely in their best interest. 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.'. And despite Karen Edwards best efforts, there have been no changes to arrest guidelines. 'I can't rule out that there are other victims. Fulcher's career was left in tatters when he was found guilty of misconduct after prompting a second murder confession from Sian O'Callaghan's killer Christopher Halliwell. The force arranged for an independent misconduct panel to convene. March 24, 2011 - Halliwell leads Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, of Wiltshire Police, to the locations of Miss O'Callaghan and Miss Godden's bodies. 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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. What are the ramifications of that? 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. May 23, 2011 - Halliwell is charged with Miss Godden's murder. There is an obsession with procedure at the expense of the bigger picture. ', He considered his actions: 'Should I stop him confessing? The nadir came in January 2014, when he was found guilty of gross misconduct after a hearing at which, notably, Karen Godden, Beckys mother insisted on accompanying him to show her support. 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. 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. What happened in the interim eight years?". 'I am really open-minded there is an eight-year gap between Becky and Sian,' Memory said. Their sentiments, however, are not shared by the police or the legal system. ", 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. As he sentenced him, the judge dismissed Halliwells defence as a cock and bull story and deemed him to be calculating and devious. Do you want another one?. For his emotion, when it comes, isnt for his own plight, but that of Becky, Sian, and their families. Halliwell is serving life for killing Sian OCallaghan, 22, and Becky Godden, 20. He was given a whole-life jail tariff. 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. Fulcher is more than qualified to reflect on how British policing has changed. 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. Former detective superintendent Steve Fulcher has now told his side of the story With compelling circumstantial evidence, Fulcher authorised covert surveillance. 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. However, that's not to say he hasn't committed other offences. '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. The fallout for Steve Fulcher was huge. This investigation damaged Fulcher's career as a senior police officer, and despite keeping his job with a final written warning in January 2014, he resigned from the force in May of that year. 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. Fulcher made the decision. Halliwell was convicted of Beckys murder in September 2016. For nine long minutes Halliwell said nothing. Why on earth had this killer been given every conceivable privilege, while a brave, upstanding detective was hung out to dry? 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. 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 whats the true story behind Steve Fulcher? Trying to find Ireland's best burger or best pizza? 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