today, margaret caldwell and herfamily are no mattered.y, margaret caldwell and herfamily are no them all, thank you. —— honour them all. that thank you. -- honour them all. that was the family _ thank you. —— honour them all. that was the family solicitor for margaret caldwell, the mother of emma caldwell. a very strong statement there from the solicitor. he was damning of the way that police handled the investigation at the time. he also talked of a toxic culture of misogyny and officers who systematically sabotaged the investigation. he also said that emma's mother is calling on the scottish government to start an independent inquiry into what went wrong and what led to those catastrophic failures at the time. he said emma's mother once a robust and transparent investigation but she also thanked the murder investigation team and the other 25 sex workers who spoke up at the time. the family solicitor also spoke of the high homicide rates for sexual workers in the uk and said emma caldwell mattered. this is the second longest sentence in

ahead of that, we also expect margaret caldwell, emma caldwell�*s mother, hersolicitor, margaret caldwellher, her solicitor, to give a statement outside the court here in glasgow. thejudge will statement outside the court here in glasgow. the judge will be sentencing iain packerfor those 33 guilty verdicts, three of the charges against him were not proven, but 33 charges of the worst kind of sexual offences makes him one of the most prolific sexual predators that scotland has seen. many of the women he attacked were in court to hear these verdicts. they were emotional. some of the women he attacked have now died. their statements were read out to court, so they gave their evidence, it was still cemented but only in statement form. many of those who gave evidence in person were in court and were extremely emotional. margaret caldwell, emma�*s mother, was also in court. she has been dignified throughout the many, many years it has taken to bring her daughter�*s killer to justice. many years it has taken to bring her daughter�*s killer tojustice. she daughter�*s killer to justice. she wasjoi

her mother, margaret caldwell, was in court to hear the verdict this afternoon.old 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 nowher

today margaret caldwell wishes to honour those women, some of whom were sex workers who spoke up, notjustaret also wishes to acknowledge those who have been lost due to illness, overdose, and otherforms of have been lost due to illness, overdose, and other forms of harm. those women were a part of our communities. they were important to their loved ones, to theirfamilies, and should have been important to the police. a toxic culture of misogyny and corruption meant that the police failed so many women and girls who came forward to speak against packer,. instead of receiving justice and compassion they were humiliated, dismissed, and in some instances they were arrested, while the police gifted freedom to a predator to rape and rape again. we now know that packer carried out rapes, sexual offences and assault, nearly 20 times after emma's murder in 2005. margaret believes officers systematically sabotaged an investigation into packerfor sabotaged an investigation into packer for a sabotaged an investigation into packerfor a decade, and have blood on their hands. forfar packerfor a decade,

today margaret caldwell calls on the scottish government and the order in independentjudge led public to margaret caldwell, the mother of emma. she is calling on the scottish government to start an independent inquiry into what went wrong, and what led to those catastrophic failures in the policing at the time. she wants what she called a robust and transparent investigation. she also thanked the murder investigation team for their work and to resolving the murder of her daughter in 2005. we also heard previously from police scotland, who apologised for letting victims down in 2005 with their policing, and they encouraged all victims to come forward, so an apology from police scotland there. the widow of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has told the european parliament that her husband had been tortured for three years on president putin's orders — and then murdered. in her address in strasbourg, which received a standing ovation, yulia navalnaya said that people outside russia need to understand that vladimir putin is not a politician, but the head of an organised crime g

afterwards, her solicitor said margaret caldwell had never given up fighting for her daughter and packer'solice failed so many women and girls who came forward to speak against packer. instead of receiving justice and compassion, they were humiliated, dismissed and, in some instances, arrested, while the police gifted freedom to an evil predator to rape and to rape again. police scotland today apologised and said those who spoke up at the time did not get the support they deserved. it is clear that further investigations should have been carried out into emma's murder following the initial inquiry in 2005. the lack of investigation until 2015 caused unnecessary distress to her family and all of those women who came forward to report sexual violence. as emma's killer was sentenced, thejudge praised her family for their courage. they now have justice, but say they will never have closure. lorna gordon, bbc news, at the high court in glasgow. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the body of a migrant has been recovered from the en

of another, he said she has never been able to overcome what iain packer did to her of margaret caldwell, emma caldwell mother, he said she had been preoccupied and consumed by what happened, that she still built it everyday and, even with her daughter's killer being found guilty, she will never feel closer. emma caldwell, a vulnerable young woman murdered in terrifying circumstances. her killer was this man, iain packer, who for a quarter of a century carried out an extremely campaign of sexual violence. he extremely campaign of sexual violence. ., ., ., ~' extremely campaign of sexual violence. ., ., ., ~ ., violence. he would look for vulnerability _ violence. he would look for vulnerability and _ violence. he would look for vulnerability and exploit. violence. he would look for vulnerability and exploit it. | violence. he would look for . vulnerability and exploit it. we also abused women who were not necessarily vulnerable but were in a vulnerable position. your conduct has caused extreme and enduring suffering for so many women and theirfamilies. suffering for so many women and the

afterwards, her solicitor said margaret caldwell had never given up fighting for her daughter and packer's other victims, too. police failed so many women and girls who came forward to speak against packer. instead of receiving justice and compassion, they were humiliated, dismissed and, in some instances, arrested, while the police gifted freedom to an evil predator to rape and to rape again. police scotland today apologised and said those who spoke up at the time did not get the support they deserved. it is clear that further investigations should have been carried out into emma's murder following the initial inquiry in 2005. the lack of investigation until 2015 caused unnecessary distress to her family and all of those women who came forward to report sexual violence. as emma's killer was sentenced, thejudge praised herfamily for their courage. they now have justice, but say they will never have closure. lorna gordon, bbc news, at the high court in glasgow. well, five years ago, an investigative reporter with bbc scotland, samantha poling, carried out interviews with iain packer, which

today, margaret caldwell calls on the scottish government to order an independent judge led public inquirynto what went wrong , inquiry into what went wrong, the scale of the crimes and the failures are so catastrophic that nothing less than a judicial public inquiry will suffice . suffice. >> in other news today, red bull's christian horner will remain in post as team principal girl after being cleared of allegations made against him. a female colleague had made a complaint of inappropriate behaviour there earlier this month, which then triggered an investigation. he's always denied the claim. in a statement , red bull said it's confident the investigation into the allegation had been fair, rigorous and impartial, and added the complainant had the right to appeal . farmers were right to appeal. farmers were warning today that their industry will be at risk if the welsh government goes ahead with proposed changes to farming subsidies . for laura beddow subsidies. for laura beddow outside the welsh parliament. the farmers protested in full voice against plans which require 20% of their agri

caldwell's family? i sent a text to margaret the _ caldwell's family? r, thank you very much for sharing that with us. i for more on this you can watch �*catching a killer: the murder of emma caldwell�* — on bbc iplayer now. coming up to quarter to nine. then and is looking at an issue, and if you�*re fortunate enough to have a pension, orare you�*re fortunate enough to have a pension, or are planning to have a pension, or are planning to have a pension and she got an idea in your head when you would like to retire, or times are tough and you need a bit of extra support, financial support, you are looking at the issue of when you can dip into your pension pot and the consequences of doing so. financial pressures mean more people are being forced to dip into their pension pots early — but it can come at a cost. what i'm about to tell you in the next _ what i'm about to tell you in the next few — what i'm about to tell you in the next few minutes could make a difference of thousands of pounds, so listen _ difference of thousands of pounds, so listen carefu