CHRISTOPHER Halliwell will be watching ITV drama A Confession from the comfort of his prison cell, an ex-con said.

The primetime drama came to an end on Monday night, with thousands tuning in to watch as double killer Halliwell was jailed for the murder of Swindon woman Becky Godden-Edwards.

According to former Strangeways inmate Cody Lachley, the 52-year-old would be glued to the show.

“Be under no illusion, Christopher Halliwell will be watching this drama with a keen eye, as will his legal team.

“And many other prisoners will also be watching, especially those on his wing, and not just that but the prison officers that work within the prison,” Mr Lachley told the Daily Express.

Halliwell is serving two life sentences for the murders of Becky Godden-Edwards in 2003 and Sian O’Callaghan in 2011. He is in high-security jail HMP Long Lartin, Worcestershire.

Mr Lachley said: “Everyone in Long Lartin will be more than aware that Christopher Halliwell is in the prison, as certain prison officers talk to prisoners or prisoners who have access to banned smartphones will use certain search engines to find out information.

“And whenever there is a prison documentary, prison drama or anything to do with the police or anything to do with the criminal justice system, they're normally widely watched by the prison population.”

Halliwell has been in custody since 2011, when he was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Sian O’Callaghan from outside Old Town club Suju on March 19.

Among the more lurid claims made about the killer came in 2017, when the Daily Star claimed Halliwell he worshipped the devil.

The tabloid quoted one officer, who said the former cab driver told him: “I believe in the Devil, Lucifer, the Anti-God, the Dark-Lord.”

One source told the paper Halliwell revelled in his notoriety at Long Lartin: “He is a very unnerving individual and some of the other inmates are pretty scared of him. Others think he has simply watched The Omen too many times.”

ITV’s A Confession has brought the story of Halliwell’s crimes to a new audience. Much of the series focussed on Det Supt Steve Fulcher’s decision not to take the arrested cabbie back to the police station after an urgent interview – instead driving him to Uffington Castle, where Halliwell appeared to confess to the killings.

But if Halliwell thought the drama would bring more people to his side, he would be wrong.

Writing on the Adver’s Facebook page about the final episode of the six-part drama, Craig Smith said: “What I don’t understand is why a person who is known to have committed murder has any rights to anything at all."