Woman killed by serial rapist ‘unlikely to be his first victim’
A woman killed by a serial rapist was unlikely to be his first victim, an expert has claimed. Emma Caldwell, 27, was killed in 2005, but it was not until 2024 that Iain Packer was convicted of her murder, along with a string of sexual offences against other women. Stuart Hall, a retired detective constable who was involved in the initial murder investigation, told a podcast he believed Packer carried out further offences. Asked whether the full extent of his crimes had come to light, he said: “No – short answer. I think there’s a lot more to be found out about Iain Packer. “Personally, I don’t think it was his first murder. I think there’s going to be more found out in the future. I’d love to be involved in something to do with that, but I think there’s far more to it.” Police questioned Packer in the weeks after Ms Caldwell’s murder, but in 2007, a group of Turkish men were charged in relation to her death. The case against them later collapsed. …
