Serial rapist Iain Packer who killed sex worker Emma Caldwell to launch appeal
Iain Packer, 51, was jailed last week for 36 years after being found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting more than 20 women over half a century.
Wednesday 6 March 2024 13:16, UK
One of the UK's most prolific rapists, who murdered Emma Caldwell in Glasgow almost 20 years ago, is intending to appeal against his conviction and sentence.
Iain Packer, 51, was jailed last week for 36 years after being found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting more than 20 women over half a century.
The predator targeted vulnerable women, including heroin addicts, who were involved in sex work before strangling Emma Caldwell in remote woods forty miles away from the city's red light district in 2005.
Sky News last week reported the testimony of two former sex workers who told police Packer was sexually violent years before Ms Caldwell was killed.
They say they were ignored, and one woman was even arrested for prostitution.
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Ms Caldwell's family have branded the initial botched police investigation "corrupt" and are demanding a public inquiry.
The Scottish government will give a decision "within days".
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Sky News understands Packer's legal team have intimated to the courts they intend to appeal.