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    Emma Caldwell failed by police due to ‘misogyny and corruption’, family claim

    by Sarah Ward Feb 28, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    The family of Emma Caldwell have said police failed their daughter and the rape victims of her killer Iain Packer due to a “toxic culture of misogyny and corruption”.

    In a statement after he was convicted of murdering the 27-year-old in 2005, her family said: “Instead of receiving justice and compassion, they (the victims) were humiliated, dismissed and in some instances arrested, whilst the police gifted freedom to an evil predator to rape and rape again.”

    Packer, 51, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 36 years after being found

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