Margaret Caldwell meets Humza Yousaf to urge for a public inquiry
Emma Caldwell was found in a woods, near Biggar, in 2005.
The mother of Emma Caldwell met with the First Minister today to discuss calls for a public inquiry daughter’s murder investigation.
Margaret Caldwell wants a judge-led inquiry to look into the police failings regarding Emma’s murder case.
Police have been accused of missing the chance to arrest Iain Packer a couple of months after Emma was murdered, as senior officers dismissed him as a potential suspect.
19 years later, Packer has been sentenced to a minimum of 36 years in prison, on February 28, for Emma’s murder along with crimes against 22 other women.
Emma’s family said she was failed by officers due to a “toxic culture of misogyny and corruption”.
Police Scotland apologised after Packer’s verdict for how the original investigation was handled and for letting Emma and the other victims down.
Four former detectives who were involved in the beginning of the investigation said Packer’s violent, predatory and abusive behaviour was known to the police from the start of the inquiry.
Humza Yousaf held talks in Bute house with Margaret Caldwell and lawyer Aamer Anwar, who wants a “robust” judge-led public inquiry into the original police investigation.
Mr Yousaf has promised he will give primary consideration to the families demands of a public inquiry.
Mrs Caldwell will meet with chief constable of Police Scotland and the Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, later in the week.
