Why did it take so long to convict Iain Packer of Emma Caldwell’s murder?

Police Scotland and Crown Office are accused of sitting on evidence while he continued on a path of sexual violence

Summing up the case for the defence in the trial of Iain Packer, who was jailed for at least 36 years for the murder of sex worker Emma Caldwell and a catalogue of sexual violence against similarly vulnerable women, Ronnie Renucci KC posed a question to jurors last week.

“If he is this person [who murdered Emma Caldwell], how on earth did he get away with it for all these years right under the noses of the police?”