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| Becky Godden killing: Accused Christopher Halliwell 'had lots of flings' | Becky Godden killing: Accused Christopher Halliwell 'had lots of flings' |
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| A man accused of murdering a woman who worked as a prostitute has told a court he had "a lot of flings". | |
| Christopher Halliwell denies killing Becky Godden between 1 January 2003 and 3 April 2008. She was last seen getting into a taxi outside a club in Swindon. | Christopher Halliwell denies killing Becky Godden between 1 January 2003 and 3 April 2008. She was last seen getting into a taxi outside a club in Swindon. |
| He told Bristol Crown Court the flings had been "a bit of fun" with "never any commitment" but added his wife "wasn't best pleased" when she found out. | He told Bristol Crown Court the flings had been "a bit of fun" with "never any commitment" but added his wife "wasn't best pleased" when she found out. |
| Miss Godden's remains were found in a Gloucestershire field in 2011. | Miss Godden's remains were found in a Gloucestershire field in 2011. |
| The prosecution alleges taxi driver Mr Halliwell, 52, formerly of Ashbury Avenue, Swindon, strangled the 20-year-old and buried her in Oxo Bottom field in Eastleach. | The prosecution alleges taxi driver Mr Halliwell, 52, formerly of Ashbury Avenue, Swindon, strangled the 20-year-old and buried her in Oxo Bottom field in Eastleach. |
| Live updates from Bristol Crown Court | Live updates from Bristol Crown Court |
| The court has previously been told told he confessed to strangling Miss Godden and led police to the exact spot of her remains but he has since denied murder and is representing himself at his trial. | |
| When asked by the judge to tell the jury about Miss Godden, Mr Halliwell said he did not know her. | When asked by the judge to tell the jury about Miss Godden, Mr Halliwell said he did not know her. |
| He told the court in 1996 he had lots of flings - a lot with customers - and had used escorts "six or seven times". | |
| "It was not a conscious decision to go out looking for it - that's all I'm going to say about that. | "It was not a conscious decision to go out looking for it - that's all I'm going to say about that. |
| "My wife Lisa found out about it and she wasn't best pleased which was understandable... she went off sleeping with me after that. | "My wife Lisa found out about it and she wasn't best pleased which was understandable... she went off sleeping with me after that. |
| "Apart from that side of the relationship the marriage was brilliant." | "Apart from that side of the relationship the marriage was brilliant." |
| Mr Halliwell told the court he had "no reason to lie". He told the jury two men who he believed to be drug dealers had buried Miss Godden's body in the field. | |
| He said he had driven the men, on a regular basis, over a period of three years, from 2001, to various addresses in Swindon late at night. | |
| He said the men would pay him "three of four times" the usual taxi fare. | |
| Christopher Halliwell said: "It was apparent what they were actually doing, delivering large amounts of Class A drugs. I commented on the amounts they were paying me and they said it was 'chicken feed'." | |
| He told the court he had received a call from the men in 2003 saying that they "needed to get rid of something". | |
| "When I picked them up one of them one of them opened the boot and they put a large sports bag in the boot," he said. | |
| He said he drove the two men to Oxo Bottom Field and returned to collect them an hour later. | |
| "I didn't know at the time they had buried Rebecca. I was under the impression it was drugs, money or weapons, I didn't know, I didn't ask," he said. |