Taxi driver Christopher Halliwell has been jailed for life after admitting the murder of Sian O'Callaghan, who disappeared after a night out in Swindon in March last year. But he escaped justice over a second murder because of a police blunder.
Taxi driver Christopher Halliwell was jailed for life today after he pleaded guilty to murdering nightclubber Sian O'Callaghan.
Father-of-three Halliwell, 48, of Ashbury Avenue, Swindon, pleaded guilty to the charge during a hearing at Bristol Crown Court.
Miss O'Callaghan, 22, disappeared after leaving Swindon's Suju nightclub in the early hours of March 19 last year after a night out with friends.
She left the club at 2.53am for the short walk to the home she shared with boyfriend Kevin Reape.
Shortly after she walked past the Goddard Arms on the High Street in the Old Town area, she fell into Halliwell's clutches by getting into his taxi.
What is moral is not always legal. That's the hard and uncomfortable lesson of the investigation into the disappearance of Sian O'Callaghan.
Christopher Halliwell to serve 30 years for the murder of Sian O'Callaghan. But escapes justice over second murder after police blunder.