India, June 12 -- Emma Caldwell was a 27-year-old sex worker who disappeared from Glasgow on April 4, 2005. Her body was discovered five weeks later in remote woodland near Biggar, South Lanarkshire. The case remained unsolved for years before Iain Packer was eventually convicted of her murder in 2024.

Packer was also found guilty of multiple sexual offences against other women spanning years, in what prosecutors described as a prolonged pattern of abuse.

The Emma Caldwell case returned to public attention following renewed investigations and media scrutiny that exposed major failings in the original police inquiry. Former detectives have said early warnings about Packer's behavior were not properly acted upon, and the investigation ini...