Taxi driver charged with Sian murder

Chris Halliwell, 47, accused of murdering 22-year-old who went missing after leaving Swindon nightclub last weekend Police have charged a 47-year-old taxi driver with the murder of Sian O’Callaghan, who went missing after leaving a nightclub in Swindon last weekend. Wiltshire police said Chris Halliwell, 47, of Ashbury Avenue, Swindon, was charged on Saturday night and would appear before magistrates in Swindon on Monday. The Wiltshire district prosecutor, Simon Brenchley, said: “I have been working closely with Wiltshire police and now have authorised them to charge Christopher Halliwell with Sian O’Callaghan’s murder. Having reviewed the evidence, I am satisfied that there is sufficient to charge him, and that it is in the public interest to do so. “I must remind the media to take care in reporting events surrounding this case. Mr Halliwell has been charged with a serious offence and is entitled to a fair trial. It is extremely important that nothing should be reported which could prejudice any trial. I will keep liaising closely with the police as their investigation continues.” Halliwell remains in police custody at Gablecross police station in Swindon. O’Callaghan’s body was found near Uffington in Oxfordshire on Thursday. The 22-year-old office administrator vanished after leaving a club in Swindon in the early hours last Saturday. Police are continuing to try to identify a second body found as part of the inquiry at another location, a farmer’s field in Gloucestershire. Crime Stephen Morris guardian.co.uk

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