Iain Packer victim accuses Police Scotland of 'cover up' over delay bringing him to justice

The first known victim of Emma Caldwell's murderer and serial rapist Iain Packer has hit out at Police Scotland and says a 'cover up' delayed bringing the monster to justice.

Packer, 51, went on to murder Emma Caldwell in 2005 after raping a series of other women - but the sign fitter from Glasgow would only be brought to justice this year after Strathclyde Police botched the original investigation. The Sunday Mail re-visited the case in 2015 when it named Packer as a forgotten suspect in Caldwell's murder.

"Because if you need to have someone man-marking each step, why don't they just do it? Why do we need a separate entity?

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