TOP COP BACKS EMMA INQUIRY

Lawyer says any officers who broke law must be punished

THE head of Police Scotland has backed calls from the mother of Emma Caldwell for a public inquiry into the botched investigation into her murderer.

Chief Constable Jo Farrell apologised to Margaret Caldwell and her family for failures in policing in 2005, when the 27-year-old was killed.

Iain Packer, 51, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years last week after being convicted of murdering the sex worker. He was also found guilty of 11 charges of rape against nine women and convicted of 21 other charges following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Packer committed 19 of his crimes after murdering Emma, "believing he had lifelong immunity due to police inaction, a press conference with her family was told yesterday.

The family's lawyer Aamer Anwar said Packer is now "irrelevant" and their focus is on the authorities.

Anwar called for two senior police officers to be held to account and called for Crown immunity to be waived at a public inquiry, opening the door to prosecution.