This shocking video records the confession of Darren Osment when he confesses to killing his former partner after complaining that she had caused him to lose access to their child.

After hearing details of the shocking case of watching video footage of her last moments alive, a jury has convicted the 41-year-old man from South Gloucestershire of the murder of his former partner Claire Holland.

Claire, 32, from Lawrence Weston, was last seen alive on the evening of Wednesday, 6th June 2012, when she was seen smiling and chatting as she left the Seamus O’Donnell’s pub in St Nicholas Street, Bristol.

Following an 11-week trial, Osment, from Patchway, has been found guilty by a majority verdict of murdering his former partner after a jury heard he made multiple confessions, including to an undercover police officer.

Claire’s body has never been found. He will be sentenced on Wednesday, 20th December.

During the trial, the jury heard from witnesses, including a former partner and a former work colleague, to whom Osment had disclosed key details of the crime.

They also heard a confession in Osment’s own words, which he made after calling 999 in July 2019.

“He told the operator: “I’m handing myself in… Not a good look for me, it’s murder. I took the law into my own hands.”

When officers located him, recording the interaction on Body Worn Video, he told them: “I had her killed. I just want to get it off my back and I put my hands up.

“I’ve had enough now, do you know what I mean? What will be, will be.”

Claire was reported missing on Thursday, 14th June 2012, sparking a significant police investigation that included a city-wide CCTV trawl, underwater searches, house-to-house inquiries, financial and mobile phone checks, as well as publicity and media appeals.

Statements were taken from family members, all former partners, professionals who had contact with Claire, and pub customers.

In the space of four months, more than 200 investigative actions were carried out, but no evidence could be found to indicate what happened to Claire after she vanished.

After July 2019, when Darren Osment phoned 999 to confess, Claire’s disappearance was treated as a murder investigation.

While Osment went on to deny any involvement in Claire’s death, the investigation into him continued and in 2020 the decision was made to deploy an undercover officer to befriend him – an operation that lasted 20 months.

Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Superintendent Darren Hannant, said: “The evidence we’ve gathered painstakingly over the last four years has proven that Osment is a selfish and violent misogynist who has abused almost everyone he has been close to.

“Our investigation found he’d made repeated confessions to others about his involvement in Claire’s murder, but because of a lack of supporting evidence, a decision was made to obtain authorisation for the deployment of an undercover officer, with the express aim of uncovering the truth about Claire’s disappearance, and in the hope of finding her body.

“The evidence and recorded footage gathered by the officer exposed Osment’s disturbing and hateful character and most importantly, details about the murder that otherwise would have remained unknown.

“This operation required the careful coordination of many aspects of covert policing, alongside the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit and frequent consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, to ensure that tactics were applied to fairly obtain admissible evidence.

“Due to the real risks posed to the officer in the event of the operation being compromised, the investigation team were unaware of the deployment until July 2022, when a decision was made to re-arrest Osment, after which he was charged with Claire’s murder.

“The evidence gathered by the undercover officer, along with the witness evidence, phone data, and missing person investigation records, proved that Osment was responsible for this crime.

“We discovered he had lured Claire to the pub where he worked as a chef in Clifton on the evening of Wednesday. 6th June, 2012.

“He killed her and then disposed of her body, we believe most likely in water. He got rid of the physical evidence, through burning his clothes and disposing of a knife he claimed to have used.

“It was a brutal and pre-meditated crime motivated by his intense hatred of Claire, who he blamed for having their child taken into care.

“The undercover officer put his safety at risk to expose Osment’s offending. He spent hours in his company and in doing so, was able to gather vital evidence to achieve justice for Claire and her family.

“The covert material showed Osment’s actions on the night, and how the reality of what he had done had affected him.

“He was both disgusted by, and felt justification for, his actions, and on one occasion was physically sick when he saw a televised police appeal for witnesses.

“I’m in no doubt that Darren Osment is a danger to women, and our communities are a safer place with him behind bars.”