Police examine unsolved murders of women in Glasgow after Packer trial

Trial drew attention to violence faced by sex workers in city, where the cases of four women killed in 1990s remain unresolved

Police Scotland is examining several unsolved murders of women in Glasgow after the trial of the serial rapist and killer Iain Packer highlighted the horrific levels of violence facing sex workers in the city.

Packer was sentenced to at least 36 years in prison last Wednesday for the murder of Emma Caldwell in 2005 and a catalogue of other sexual and violent offences, including 11 rapes.