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A taxi driver who murdered two young women has been sentenced to a whole life order. A former taxi driver who murdered two young women has been sentenced to a whole life order.
Christopher Halliwell, 52, is already serving a life sentence for the murder of Sian O'Callaghan, 22, who he abducted in his taxi as she made her way home from a night out in Swindon in March 2011. Christopher Halliwell, 52, is already serving a life sentence for the murder of Sian O'Callaghan, 22, whom he abducted in his taxi as she made her way home from a night out in Swindon in March 2011.
He confessed to killing Ms O'Callaghan and took police to her body before offering “another one” and leading them to where he had buried missing prostitute Becky Godden in January 2003.He confessed to killing Ms O'Callaghan and took police to her body before offering “another one” and leading them to where he had buried missing prostitute Becky Godden in January 2003.
Mr Halliwell later denied murdering Ms Godden but was convicted following a two-week trial at Bristol Crown Court, at which he represented himself. Mr Halliwell later denied murdering 20-year-old Ms Godden, claiming she had been buried by two drug dealers, but was convicted following a two-week trial at Bristol Crown Court, at which he represented himself.
He smirked at Ms Godden's family as the jury of six men and six women returned their verdict on Monday following less than three hours of deliberations.He smirked at Ms Godden's family as the jury of six men and six women returned their verdict on Monday following less than three hours of deliberations.
Retired High Court judge Sir John Griffith Williams sentenced Mr Halliwell to a whole life order on Friday.Retired High Court judge Sir John Griffith Williams sentenced Mr Halliwell to a whole life order on Friday.
Press Association Police told the court during the trial Mr Halliwell had confessed to picking up a sex worker from the streets of Swindon between 2003 and 2005, having sex with her then strangling while showing police where Ms O'Callaghan's body was buried.
The body of Ms O'Callaghan, who had gone missing while on a night out with friends in Swindon in 2011, was found semi-naked in undergrowth in Uffington, Oxfordshire after Mr Halliwell took police to the spot.
While in Uffington, the jury heard that Mr Halliwell had told Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher who was leading the investigation that they needed to “have a chat”.
The court heard that Mr Halliwell had told Det Sup Fulcher the “exact spot” where Ms Godden was buried and her remains were subsequently found “hidden in the middle of nowhere” in Eastleach, Gloucestershire. 
Police believe Mr Halliwell abducted Ms Godden from Destiny & Desire, a nightclub in Swindon town centre close to where he took Ms O'Callaghan, in January 2003.
“Both were taken in a taxi,” prosecutor Nicholas Haggan QC told the hearing.
Mr Halliwell's whole-life order, meaning he will die in prison, adds him to a grisly 'who's who' of the most reviled criminals in Britain.
He joins the likes of one-eyed-police killer Dale Cregan, paedophile Mark Bridger and Moors murderer Ian Brady when he was handed the “life means life” sentence.
According to the Ministry of Justice, 54 other prisoners are serving a whole-life order, although that does not include those serving their terms in secure hospitals.
Also on the infamous list is the “Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe and club bouncer Levi Bellfield, who was handed the term for murdering two young women and trying to murder a third.
Steve Wright will also die behind bars for the murders of five prostitutes in Ipswich, as will Michael Adebolajo, one of the two murderers of soldier Lee Rigby.
There are only two woman on the list.
Serial killer Rose West was convicted in 1995 of a murder spree with husband Fred at the Cromwell Street “House of Horrors” in Gloucester.
She is joined by Joanna Dennehy who was described in court as “arguably the most dangerous female prisoner in custody”. She was jailed at the Old Bailey in February 2014 for murdering three men and stabbing two more.
Additional reporting by Press Association