Margaret Caldwell is calling for an inquiry after it emerged police missed the chance to catch her daughter's killer.
The mother of Emma Caldwell is to meet the first minister on Tuesday to call for a public inquiry into the investigation of her daughter's murder.Iain Packer was jailed for life on 28 February for the murder of Emma as well as 11 rapes and multiple sexual assaults against a total of 22 women.After the verdict, Police Scotland apologised for how the original inquiry was handled and for letting down Emma and other victims.
Four former detectives who were involved in the earliest stages of the inquiry said evidence of Packer's violent, abusive and predatory behaviour was known to police from the start of their investigation. The family's lawyer Aamer Anwar described Packer as being "one of the UK's worst sex offenders" and called for a "robust" judge-led public inquiry into the original police investigation, adding that some officers had "blood on their hands".Speaking at first minister's questions on Thursday, First Minister Humza Yousaf said ministers were exploring a judge-led public inquiry and said they were giving "very serious consideration" to the idea.