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Taxi driver charged with Swindon murder

Swindon - Body of 22-year-old found in Oxfordshire
Swindon - Body of 22-year-old found in Oxfordshire

British police have charged a 47-year-old taxi driver with the murder of a woman who disappeared from a Swindon nightclub last weekend.

Christopher Halliwell, who was arrested by officers in a swoop on a taxi rank in Swindon on Thursday, will appear before magistrates in the town tomorrow.

He was charged with murder last night.

Sian O'Callaghan, a 22-year-old PA, disappeared from the Suju nightclub in Swindon, Wiltshire, last Saturday.

Her body was discovered close to the Uffington White Horse in Oxfordshire on Thursday.