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| Becky Godden misconduct detective Steve Fulcher resigns | Becky Godden misconduct detective Steve Fulcher resigns |
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| The detective who failed to follow arrest guidelines in a double murder case in Wiltshire has resigned. | The detective who failed to follow arrest guidelines in a double murder case in Wiltshire has resigned. |
| Det Supt Steve Fulcher did not caution taxi driver Christopher Halliwell when he led the police officer to the grave of Becky Godden in 2011. | Det Supt Steve Fulcher did not caution taxi driver Christopher Halliwell when he led the police officer to the grave of Becky Godden in 2011. |
| Halliwell was not charged over her death, but was found guilty of murdering Sian O'Callaghan. | Halliwell was not charged over her death, but was found guilty of murdering Sian O'Callaghan. |
| After an inquiry by the Independent Police Complaints Commission the officer was allowed to keep his job. | After an inquiry by the Independent Police Complaints Commission the officer was allowed to keep his job. |
| The detective was given a final written warning following a three-day private hearing. | The detective was given a final written warning following a three-day private hearing. |
| Mr Fulcher was found guilty of breaching police guidelines for arrests and a second charge relating to contact with the media. | Mr Fulcher was found guilty of breaching police guidelines for arrests and a second charge relating to contact with the media. |
| Miss Godden was last seen alive by a police officer in Swindon in December 2002. | Miss Godden was last seen alive by a police officer in Swindon in December 2002. |
| 'Such a waste' | |
| Taxi driver Halliwell was jailed for life in 2012 for the murder of Sian O'Callaghan the previous year. | Taxi driver Halliwell was jailed for life in 2012 for the murder of Sian O'Callaghan the previous year. |
| Miss Godden's mother Karen Edwards said: "It's really going to be such a waste of an extremely experienced detective who I know has solved so many crimes." | |
| She added that she hoped he would be employed by another force and it was a sign that arrest guideline rules had to be changed. | |
| Ms Edwards added: "Had he have followed the guidelines, then Becky would never have been found, she wouldn't have never have come into the equation and Sian would have still have been where he moved her to. | |
| "No-one would have found Sian in a million years where they found her, where he dumped her body. | |
| "It was Steve Fulcher's experience... OK he bent rules but he bent them for good reason." |