THE Emma Caldwell murder suspect has admitted being "ashamed" he did not stop during an alleged sex attack on her the year before the alleged killing.
Iain Packer yesterday took the witness box on day 20 of his trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
The 51-year-old now faces 36 charges involving multiple women including the murder of sex worker Emma, 27, at Limefield Woods in Biggar, South Lanarkshire on April 5, 2005.
Prosecutors withdrew 10 other accusations he originally faced. The former sign-fitter was quizzed by his KC Ronnie Renucci on each charge, which span between 1990 and 2016.
They mainly centre on sex workers and women he had been living with at the time.
Packer's denials yesterday. included the alleged victims had consented, he did not know them or the accusations did not occur.
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