Halliwell Sentenced To Life
Taxi driver Christopher Halliwell, 48, pleaded guilty at Bristol Crown Court to murdering nightclubber Sian O'Callaghan, who disappeared after a night out in Swindon in March last year. He has been jailed for life
MP calls for a review of police guidelines following the Halliwell case
The MP for South Swindon has called for the Police and Criminal Evidence (Pace) Act guidelines to be re-examined after murderer Christopher Halliwell escaped justice for a second killing.
The taxi driver led officers to the bodies of Sian O'Callaghan and Becky Godden but a senior officer's failure to caution him and to deny him a solicitor meant the murder charge in Miss Godden's case had to be dropped.
Halliwell was jailed for life after admitting Miss O'Callaghan's murder.
Speaking in the Commons, Robert Buckland said the errors meant the family of Becky Godden have not received justice and it would be timely to look at the guidelines governing the detention and questioning of suspects.
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Halliwell's daughter urges him to give families justice
Chris Halliwell's daughter has appeared on ITV's Daybreak asking her father to give "justice" to the family of the second woman he killed.
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Who is Chris Halliwell?
Swindon taxi driver Chris Halliwell has been jailed for the murder of Sian O'Callaghan but is he guilty of the murder of other women?
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How killer Halliwell was caught
It was a fluke, in a way, that Halliwell was ever caught. But it also needed some good detective work.