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28/03/2011
Sian Murder Accused Remanded
After appearing at Swindon Magistrates' Court, the man accused of murdering 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan has been remanded in custody.
Christopher Halliwell, 47, a minicab driver, is due to appear at Bristol Crown Court on March 30 for a bail hearing.
Upon arriving at court he was met with around 50 people who shouted abuse.
Meanwhile, detectives are working to identify a second body found on farmland near Eastleach in Gloucestershire.
Christopher Halliwell, give officers details of another person who went missing "several years ago".
Miss O'Callaghan, 22, disappeared on Saturday after leaving a Swindon nightclub.
She was last seen in Suju nightclub in the early hours.
On Thursday her body was found dumped in a roadside ditch near Uffington in Oxfordshire after the suspect guided detectives to her location.
Detectives believe it had been moved from its original location.
Halliwell, was arrested at a supermarket on Thursday morning in connection with the two murders.
A post-mortem on Miss O'Callaghan's body does not determine a sexual motive. Further tests are being carried out to determine cause of death.
(BMcN/GK)
Christopher Halliwell, 47, a minicab driver, is due to appear at Bristol Crown Court on March 30 for a bail hearing.
Upon arriving at court he was met with around 50 people who shouted abuse.
Meanwhile, detectives are working to identify a second body found on farmland near Eastleach in Gloucestershire.
Christopher Halliwell, give officers details of another person who went missing "several years ago".
Miss O'Callaghan, 22, disappeared on Saturday after leaving a Swindon nightclub.
She was last seen in Suju nightclub in the early hours.
On Thursday her body was found dumped in a roadside ditch near Uffington in Oxfordshire after the suspect guided detectives to her location.
Detectives believe it had been moved from its original location.
Halliwell, was arrested at a supermarket on Thursday morning in connection with the two murders.
A post-mortem on Miss O'Callaghan's body does not determine a sexual motive. Further tests are being carried out to determine cause of death.
(BMcN/GK)
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