Emma Caldwell latest news: Iain Packer jailed for at least 36 years

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Iain Packer has been ordered to serve at least 36 years in jail for the murder of 27-year-old Emma Caldwell in April 2005
Judge Lord Beckett tells the 51-year-old that his actions have had “terrible and enduring consequences” for his victims
Packer was found guilty of a total of 33 charges of physical and sexual violence against 22 women
Emma's body was found in a remote part of South Lanarkshire five weeks after she disappeared
The case was one of Scotland's most high-profile unsolved murders until a BBC Scotland investigation helped pave the way for Packer's arrest
Police apologised for how the original inquiry was handled, admitting that Emma, her family and many other victims were let down

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Edited by Paul McLaren

Jury finds Packer guilty of sex attack on Emma Caldwellpublished at 14:43 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February
Packer is found guilty of indecently assaulting Emma Caldwell at a location at London Road and Green Street, Glasgow, between 1 August and 31 August 2004.
During the trial Packer admitted, under cross examination, that he had continued to have sex with her after she had asked him to stop.
Giving his directions to the jury on Thursday, Lord Beckett told them they would need to find him guilty of this charge based on evidence from several witnesses, including Packer himself.
Packer has now been convicted of 16 sex offences against 11 women, including five rapes.
Packer found guilty of raping teenagerpublished at 14:38 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February
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Iain Packer has been found guilty of three charges against a victim who was 14 or 15 at the time of the offences.
This includes a charge of rape dating back to 1990. His victim was Magdalene Robertson, who has waived her right to anonymity.
Packer faces a total of 36 charges against 25 women spanning a period from 1990 to 2016.
The charges of murdering Emma and defeating the ends of justice by disposing of her body are the last two on the indictment.Packer pleads not guilty to all the charges.
Jury told to find accused guilty of indecent assaultpublished at 14:36 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February
Iain Packer gave evidence in his own defence during the trial.
He said he had paid Emma for a sex act in Glasgow in August 2004 and that he had continued despite her asking him to stop.
Under cross-examination, he accepted he was guilty of indecently assaulting Emma. He said he apologised and was "ashamed".
However, he continued to deny being responsible for Emma’s murder.
In his directions to the jury, judge Lord Beckett told them they should deliver a guilty verdict to the indecent assault charge.
Body found in remote woodspublished at 14:32 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February
Emma’s body was found in Limefield Woods, South Lanarkshire, in May 2005 - five weeks after she was last seen in Glasgow city centre.
Her disappearance sparked a major police investigation.
Emma had been living in a hostel in Glasgow at the time she went missing.
She had left home after becoming addicted to heroin and began working as a prostitute to fund her habit.
Jury begins delivering its verdictspublished at 14:30 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February
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The jury in the Emma Caldwell murder trial has begun delivering its verdicts.
Iain Packer, 51, faces 36 charges of physical and sexual violence against 25 women.
He is accused of murdering Emma in April 2005 and hiding her body.
He denies all the charges against him at the High Court in Glasgow.