Caldwell murder accused threatened teenager for alleging abuse, court told
by Sarah Ward
Jan 17, 2024
3 minutes
Murder accused Iain Packer “tried to strangle” a woman and “threatened” a child who alleged he sexually abused her, a court has heard.
Packer, 50, is on trial at the High Court in Glasgow accused of the murder of sex worker Emma Caldwell, 27, in 2005, and faces 46 charges in total including a litany of sex crimes as well as abduction and assault.
He denies all the charges against him, and has lodged special defences of incrimination, consent, defence of another and self-defence.
Giving evidence, a 48-year-old woman, who cannot be named for
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