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No evidence links murder accused to Caldwell on night she vanished, trial told

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The lawyer defending a man accused of murdering Emma Caldwell has told jurors there is not “one piece” of evidence linking the two the night she went missing.

Iain Packer, 51, is on trial at the High Court in Glasgow, accused of murdering Miss Caldwell, 27, who vanished in Glasgow on April 4 2005 and whose body was found in Limefield Woods, near Roberton, South Lanarkshire, the following month.

He faces a total of 36 charges involving offences against 25 women, all

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