mean it will become the official it mean it will become the official naming partner as the men's rankings, as well as partnering tournaments. saudi arabia has invested heavily in various ports in recent years, amid criticism from some that the investment is being used to sports wash its human rights record. an accusation the country denies. there are four more games in the fa cup fifth round this evening. chelsea face championship high—flyers leeds united at stamford bridge after losing the carabao cup final on sunday. their manager mauricio pochettino is keen to now move on from that defeat. it is another competition, the fa cup, but we need to be ready. we want to have a very good opener in leeds. they are in a very good

moment and i think it is going to be tough. that is why we need to feel full confidence and with energy. well, jurgen klopp�*s young liverpool side managed to beat chelsea and win at wembley on sunday. they play southampton at anfield and klopp says he's trying to ignore how injury—depleted his squad is. it's a good moment. it is actually a very bad moment because with so many injuries it is not good, and stuff like this. but we could do so far and that is why i love the game so much. just ignore who we are missing. wejust ignore it as much as we can. it is just on about how can we set up a team who is difficult, still difficult to play. and that is what we will do again. you can follow those ties on the bbc sport website and app. former manchester united defender john o'shea has been appointed republic of ireland interim head coach for their march friendlies

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celebrations. great scenes. that is all the sport for now. you can stay right up to date using the bbc sport website and app. it is back to sarah now at the bbc news centre. you're watching bbc news. ijust want i just want to bring some ijust want to bring some breaking news. a man has been convicted of murdering emma caldwell, 18 years after police first identified him as after police first identified him as a potential suspect in the case. ian packham strangled the 27—year—old in april 2005 and left her naked body in remote wards in south lanarkshire. he told detectives in 2007 that he had previously taken emma and other sex workers to the woods, where she was found, but he wasn't charged until 2022. the

51—year—old will receive an automatic life sentence. this is breaking news, as i have said. that verdict has just been delivered. the jury verdict has just been delivered. the jury has been considering this for a number of days. you can see there the scene outside the courts in glasgow where, as i said, those deliberations have been continuing for the past few days. just to bring you that breaking news once again a man has been convicted of murdering emma caldwell 18 years after police first identified him as a potential suspect in the case. he strangled... iain packer strangled the 27—year—old in april 2005. he left emma caldwell�*s naked body in remote wards in south lanarkshire. he told detectives end 2007 that he had previously taken emma and other sex workers to the woods where she was

found but he wasn't charged until 2022. the 51—year—old will receive an automatic life sentence. we will take you to the court where our correspondence have been following the case. just to give you a few more details about iain packer. he faced a total of 36 charges against 25 women, all of which he denied. it was a trial that lasted over four weeks. jurors heard evidence from witnesses who pack it is alleged to have raped, assaulted, sexually and indecently assaulted, as well as from police officers involved in the investigation and forensics experts. it was an extremely significant case and, as we say, the verdict has just

been returned. iain packer has been found guilty of the murder of emma caldwell. we will bring you more, live from the court in glasgow, as soon as we have it. let's bring you more on that breaking news and take you straight to glasgow. 0ur correspondence lorna gordon was in court and following the developments. lorna, can you hear me? tell us what happened in court. ., ., ., court. the murder of emma caldwell is a murder— court. the murder of emma caldwell is a murder that _ court. the murder of emma caldwell is a murder that has _ court. the murder of emma caldwell is a murder that has haunted - court. the murder of emma caldwelll is a murder that has haunted glasgow for close to 20 years. the jury took four days to deliberate. in the last few minutes they came back with their verdict of guilty on multiple charges of rape, assault, indecent assault, sexual assault, abduction and murder. the murder of emma

caldwell. emma had become addicted to drugs after her sister died from cancer at the age of 31. emma was around 20 at the time. she started taking heroin to numb her grief at her sister's death. she moved away from her parents and turned to sex work to fund her addiction. 0n the 4th work to fund her addiction. 0n the lith of april 2005 she headed out late at night into an area of glasgow known for street prostitution. she was never seen alive again. she was captured on cctv leaving a hostel. her room was never occupied again. her bank account was never used again. her phone was never used again after that night. the routine, planned visits with her loving parents, who are doing their best to support her, never took place. her mother, margaret caldwell, was in court to

hear the verdict this afternoon. she gave evidence during the trial. she told the jury that she and her late husband, emma's father, knew that emma was using drugs but they had been overjoyed when she spoke about going into rehab. she said they didn't know how emma funded her habit that they had been naive. during the trial she told the court that her last conversation with her daughter had been the day before emma disappeared. emma had waved goodbye to margaret and said, by mum, see you monday or tuesday. of course that never happened because the next day emma disappeared from her hostel. the jury heard of her and her late husband's anguish, how they had scoured the streets of the city looking for emma after she disappeared. sometimes they think they saw emma in the distance, only to realise it was a stranger. she said during the trial that they spent hours after hours every day looking for her, because they didn't

know what else to do. five weeks after she disappeared emma's body was found in very isolated woodland in what was described as a road to nowhere. it was where her body had been dumped by packer. packer was, of course, a calculating sexual predator. we heard during this trial he was obsessed with sex workers. he had a fascination with prostitutes, one witness said. 0ver had a fascination with prostitutes, one witness said. over the course of three days he gave evidence in his defence. he claimed he was an innocent man and that he was the victim of the lies made against him by all the women who had given evidence. the prosecution though, said that their circumstantial evidence proved connections which went way beyond bad luck and coincidences. this afternoon the jury coincidences. this afternoon the jury of 15 agreed to, returning all those dozens of guilty verdict in this trial, on the most serious

sexual crimes. emma's mother was in court as were many of the women he attacked. as the verdicts were read out to the packed courtroom here in glasgow. out to the packed courtroom here in glasuow. . . out to the packed courtroom here in glasiow. ., ., ., out to the packed courtroom here in glasuow. . . ., ., ., , _ glasgow. emma caldwell had a happy u-uabrinin , glasgow. emma caldwell had a happy upbringing. but _ glasgow. emma caldwell had a happy upbringing, but when _ glasgow. emma caldwell had a happy upbringing, but when her— glasgow. emma caldwell had a happy upbringing, but when her sister - glasgow. emma caldwell had a happy upbringing, but when her sister died l upbringing, but when her sister died from cancer, in her grief she turned to drugs and prostitution. she from cancer, in her grief she turned to drugs and prostitution.— to drugs and prostitution. she will alwa s be to drugs and prostitution. she will always be in _ to drugs and prostitution. she will always be in our— to drugs and prostitution. she will always be in our thoughts, - to drugs and prostitution. she will always be in our thoughts, she . to drugs and prostitution. she will| always be in our thoughts, she will always be in our thoughts, she will always be in our thoughts, she will always be there. she will always be my emma. always be there. she will always be m emma. . ., ., my emma. the trial heard of her mother's anguish, _ my emma. the trial heard of her mother's anguish, of— my emma. the trial heard of her mother's anguish, of how - my emma. the trial heard of her mother's anguish, of how she i my emma. the trial heard of her. mother's anguish, of how she and my emma. the trial heard of her- mother's anguish, of how she and her late husband scoured the streets of glasgow searching for emma in the weeks after their daughter went missing. weeks after their daughter went missinu. ~ ., , missing. when i found emma's body and they came _ missing. when i found emma's body and they came and _ missing. when i found emma's body and they came and told _ missing. when i found emma's body and they came and told me - missing. when i found emma's body and they came and told me that - missing. when i found emma's body| and they came and told me that they had found her body, i took this breath in and i neverfeel as though i can let it out. breath in and i never feel as though i can let it out.— i can let it out. emma's and it was this man, — i can let it out. emma's and it was this man. iain _ i can let it out. emma's and it was this man, iain packer. _ i can let it out. emma's and it was this man, iain packer. packer- i can let it out. emma's and it was this man, iain packer. packer was| this man, iain packer. packer was described in court as a jekyll and

hyde —type character, a violent obsessive user of sex workers. packer admitted indecently assaulting emma in the months before her death. the trial heard from more than 20 women who said he had violently attacked them. some told of how he had taken them to this isolated woodland. it was here that emma's body was found. 0ne isolated woodland. it was here that emma's body was found. one of those who gave evidence against packer, and whose voice has been changed to protect her identity, thinks the concerns that she and other sex workers had about him were ignored by the police. i workers had about him were ignored by the police-— by the police. i don't think of ever been so angry _ by the police. i don't think of ever been so angry at _ by the police. i don't think of ever been so angry at the _ by the police. i don't think of ever been so angry at the police. - by the police. i don't think of ever been so angry at the police. they| been so angry at the police. they made _ been so angry at the police. they made us — been so angry at the police. they made us feel as though we could make reports _ made us feel as though we could make reports. what they didn't get the support— reports. what they didn't get the support they deserve. they praised those _ support they deserve. they praised those who— support they deserve. they praised those who survived packer's horrific catalogue _ those who survived packer's horrific catalogue of offending, and emma's family— catalogue of offending, and emma's family for— catalogue of offending, and emma's family for the courage and

determination they have shown which led to— determination they have shown which led to packer's conviction. lorna gordon— led to packer's conviction. lorna gordon at— led to packer's conviction. lorna gordon at the high court in glasgow. emmas— gordon at the high court in glasgow. emma's mother was gordon at the high court in glasgow. emma's motherwas in gordon at the high court in glasgow. emma's mother was in court and we understand that when she left the court, it is margaret caldwell, she said, thank you everyone. lorna, back to you. tell is a bit more about the cork eights itself and what we heard and it.- about the cork eights itself and what we heard and it. during the trial the court _ what we heard and it. during the trial the court heard _ what we heard and it. during the trial the court heard that - what we heard and it. during the trial the court heard that packer| trial the court heard that packer had been a sexually violent man for most of his adult life. he attacked women from all walks of life and different backgrounds. he had this obsession with sex workers and a preference for those who are young and extremely vulnerable and on drugs. during the trial woman after woman spoke of how they had experienced violence at his hands. some of them spoke of being subjected to a pattern of violence which was similar to the manner in which was similar to the manner in which emma was brutally murdered. he admitted, in fact, that he had used

isolated woodland, more than an hour from glasgow where emma's body was found, he admitted taking sex workers there. in police interviews he admitted taking emma caldwell there. he denied taking emma there to the exact place where emma's body was dumped. soil samples that we have the evidence about during the trial, did tie him to the location. lorna, what about the police investigation itself?- lorna, what about the police investigation itself? emma caldwell died in a - ril investigation itself? emma caldwell died in april 2005. _ investigation itself? emma caldwell died in april 2005. there _ investigation itself? emma caldwell died in april 2005. there was - investigation itself? emma caldwell died in april 2005. there was a - died in april 2005. there was a massive manhunt for her killer, more than 8000 interviews, hundreds of vehicles seized. at one point a large image of emma woods projected onto a tower block here in glasgow in an attempt to get witnesses to come forward. a little over two years after that four men were found, for turkish men, were arrested and charged with her

murder. months later the case against them collapsed and the men were released. iain packer became the forgotten suspect, this despite the fact his name had come in to the inquiry within weeks of mr's murder. he was interviewed six times in those initial two years but only as a witness, neveras initial two years but only as a witness, never as a suspect, with his story shifting each time, he admitted more connections to the murdered 27—year—old. during the interviews with police, he admitted using prostitutes. he admitted paying for sex in a number of occasions. he admitted he liked taking sex workers to doubt remote location. he even admitted taking emma out there. in the final interview with police, he actually took them to that remote location where her body was found that he was driven back to a police station and about to leave.