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Christopher Halliwell admits Sian O'Callaghan murder Christopher Halliwell admits Sian O'Callaghan murder
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A taxi driver has pleaded guilty to the murder of Sian O'Callaghan who went missing after visiting a nightclub in Swindon in March last year.A taxi driver has pleaded guilty to the murder of Sian O'Callaghan who went missing after visiting a nightclub in Swindon in March last year.
Christopher Halliwell, 48, of Ashbury Avenue, also sexually assaulted the 22-year-old before stabbing her twice in the head and neck. Christopher Halliwell, 48, of Ashbury Avenue, stabbed the 22-year-old office worker in the head and neck.
Halliwell faces life in prison. Miss O'Callaghan had left the Suju nightclub at 02:53 GMT on 19 March for the short walk to the home she shared with boyfriend Kevin Reape.
The disappearance of the office worker led to a search of Savernake Forest. Her body was later found near the Uffington White Horse in Oxfordshire. Her body was later found near the Uffington White Horse in Oxfordshire.
Bristol Crown Court heard Halliwell had been cruising around Swindon that night deliberately looking for a victim.
He had switched off the radio inside his vehicle which allowed colleagues at his taxi company to know where he was.
After leaving the nightclub, Miss O'Callaghan walked past the Goddard Arms on High Street in the Old Town area and got into Halliwell's taxi.
He drove his victim to Savernake Forest where he killed her.