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From today, taxi and private hire drivers will have to go through more thorough security checks following the introduction of ‘Sian’s Law’

A change in the law is coming into effect today (April 27) which aims to improve taxi passenger safety by adding additional security checks on drivers. The so-called “Sian’s Law” is named after Sian O’Callaghan, who was murdered after getting into a taxi in Swindon in 2011.

Miss O’Callaghan, 22, was murdered in March 2011 after walking home from a nightclub, when she was picked up by taxi driver Christopher Halliwell and murdered soon after. Halliwell, who was arrested a few days later, also confessed to murdering Becky Godden-Edwards in 2003.

What is ‘Sian’s Law’? Stricter taxi driver safety checks come into effect after 2011 Sian O’Callaghan murder