Becky Godden’s mother thanks gross misconduct detective

Now working as a consultant in Somalia, Fulcher said he did not caution Halliwell because he wanted him to lead him to Becky’s body and feared he might not otherwise be caught. “In so doing, I felt that I correctly prioritised the human rights of the victims and their families, balanced against the rights of the perpetrator”.

And following Halliwell’s conviction for murdering Miss Godden, it can now be reported that he discussed strangulation and the definition of a serial killer with a fellow prisoner.

Halliwell later admitted murdering Ms O’Callaghan and was jailed for life with a 25-year minimum tariff.

Miss Godden had turned to prostitution after becoming addicted to heroin.

The jury was not told of the account of Ernest Springer, an inmate at HMP Dartmoor with Halliwell in 1986, when the killer was serving a sentence for burglary.

As Halliwell was led away from the court he paused to stare and smile at them.

Trial judge Sir John Griffith Williams branded the father-of-three a “liar” and said he would receive either a whole life order or a “substantial” minimum term of imprisonment.

He was under arrest for kidnapping Miss O’Callaghan and was standing in Uffington, Oxfordshire, close to where her body was found, when he told police about Miss Godden’s remains.

Miss Godden’s mother, Karen Edwards, broke down outside Bristol Crown Court after the verdict was delivered, and said: “It has been a painful journey but today we have received the justice that has felt like an eternity coming for our attractive little girl Becky”.

At the time, Halliwell had initially confessed to strangling Miss Godden, but the confession was ruled as inadmissible in court in 2012 because Mr Fulcher broke arrest guidelines and refused Halliwell’s requests for a solicitor.

But Halliwell had one more revelation that would start a five-year campaign for justice.

Prosecutors told the jury that both women disappeared from outside nightclubs in Swindon after getting into his taxi.

“In the process, he has put Becky’s family through untold suffering on top of the awful pain he has caused them by murdering Becky”.

“My message to any family out there who have waited so long for justice, as we have, is to never give up hope”. “Our thoughts have been very much with them, and also with Sian’s family, throughout this terrible ordeal”.

“I would appeal to Christopher Halliwell, actually, if he wants to speak I’m willing to speak with him”.

Speaking outside court, Detective Superintendent Sean Memory, the senior investigating officer, said Halliwell may have had other victims.

“The eight-year gap – although it is possible for somebody who is as extreme in his narcissism as he is, I think it is more probable than possible”.

“I can’t rule out that there are other victims, however I have no direct evidence at the moment to suggest there are”.

“Becky because of drugs and her life of prostitution and Sian because she had just been on a night out, had a few drinks and fully expected in the position of responsibility that he had to be taken home as any other taxi driver should have done”. The killer later allegedly confessed to murdering Ms Godden during a conversation with DI Fulcher.

It was, he said later in court, a last opportunity to “look him in the eye and to ask him this one thing – will you take me to Sian?” The charge alleged that he murdered Becky in Swindon, on a day between December 27, 2002, and January 1, 2006.