Murderer whines he didn’t kill 2nd victim

JEERING HALLIWELL TAUNTS FAMILY FROM BEHIND BARS

EVIL Christopher Halliwell has mocked his conviction for murdering a prostitute – while admitting he killed another girl.

The cabbie spoke for the first time since being told in September that he will die in prison for the murders of Becky Godden in 2003 and Sian O’Callaghan in 2011.

He told Sian’s grieving family he deserved life for her murder because he “shouldn’t have lost his temper”.

But he taunted sex worker Becky’s family – claiming he never even met her.

In letters sent from his cell in Category A Long Lartin jail in Worcestershire, 52-year-old Halliwell also re-ignited his feud with a detective who lost his job after securing his conviction.

Grave

He moaned that Becky’s murder trial was a “headache” because he had to wade through 11,000 pages of court documents that kept him awake at night.

But he revealed he was not planning to appeal the conviction because he “doesn’t have the will for a fight” – although he may in the future.

Insisting he was innocent of Becky’s murder, Halliwell blasted: “Short of the deceased walking into court and sitting on the judge’s lap, I was going to be f ound guilty whatever happened.”

Halliwell, who was already in prison for stabbing Sian to death when he was found guilty of strangling Becky, added: “I went into court to tell it like it was and it was important to me that whatever I had to say came from me, not a lawyer. And yes, I laughed at a guilty verdict. I found it ironic that I was found guilty of killing someone I’ve never met.

“But I do deserve the previous life sentence for Sian’s death. I had no right to lose my temper the way I did.”

Becky disappeared aged 20 in 2003. Halliwell, of Swindon, Wilts, was convicted last month of murdering her and burying her body in Oxo Bottom field at Eastleach, Gloucs.

He was already serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 25 years after admitting stabbing and strangling office worker Sian O’Callaghan, 22, in 2011.

A jury was told Halliwell at first confessed to strangling Becky and led police to the shallow grave where her remains were found.

But he later entered a not guilty plea and concocted a story that he had been given £700 by two drug dealers to drive them to the spot where Becky was found.

Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, who secured his 2012 conviction for killing Sian, was found guilty of misconduct after refusing Halliwell access to a solicitor, giving him a cigarette and warning him he would be vilified by the Press unless he also coughed up to Becky’s disappearance. It ended Fulcher’s police career and he now works as a security consultant. In one letter from prison, Halliwell wrote of Fulcher: “While he was in the witness box I said to him that it was a pleasure ruining his career and I called him a corrupt bastard. I’ve got no regrets on that point. His one and only mistake was he threatened my kids and he’s paying for it.” He added: “The last six months have been a headache, having trawled through 11,000 pages of documents with little sleep. I’ve no regrets, I told the truth and it didn’t go down well. It is what it is. “I don’t know if I’ll appeal. I certainly have plenty of grounds for it but at the moment I’m spent and haven’t got the will for another fight. Not yet.” Since his conviction, there have been claims that Halliwell is linked to a string of other unsolved murders. Detectives admit he may be a serial killer.

Last week the Sunday people revealed he had a sick “murder sketchbook” – drawings of rural locations which could be burial sites of other victims

At his trial it emerged he was “besotted” with Becky and was regular customer in Swindon’s red light district.

In prison letters, Halliwell tells how he earns £17 a week behind bars, which keeps him in tobacco and coffee.

He also revealed he had a number of hobbies, including restoring classic cars, which are “irrelevant now”.

He wrote: “In 2007-8-9 I restored a canal barge which I intended to live on but I sold it to pay off debts after my divorce. And I used to restore classic cars, one of which is in a museum.

Sexuality

“I never drank because I never knew when I might have to use my car. A phone call from a customer could come at any hour and I had to be sober.” Halliwell also said he gets letters from autograph hunters and in one letter begged for a photo from his pen pal, known only as Melissa. He admitted that serving life as a heterosexual meant he would never have another sexual partner. Halliwell told Melissa: “I like your description of yourself. A photo in the future would be better. “Your letter seemed genuine and you now have my curious side thinking! “I laughed when you wrote you might remain single for a while. Yep, same as. I’m not gay – so it’s guaranteed I’ll be single until I croak!”