Overview
- Retired detective Stuart Hall, who worked on the original case, told the Beware Book podcast he believes Iain Packer’s murder of Emma Caldwell was not his first and that more of his crimes may yet surface.
- A woman who says Packer assaulted her as a teenager recounted refusing to get into his van at night and believes that choice may have saved her life.
- Police questioned Packer soon after Caldwell’s 2005 killing, yet prosecutors charged a group of Turkish men in 2007 and that case later collapsed.
- Former investigators say their suspicions about Packer were dismissed by superiors, including claims one officer was told he would never be accused.
- A public inquiry led by Lord Scott KC will examine the original investigation, as Police Scotland pledges support, while Packer serves a life sentence for Caldwell’s murder and multiple sexual attacks.