The Glasgow sex workers whose murders remain unsolved

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The Glasgow sex workers whose murders remain unsolved
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Emma Caldwell's murderer is finally behind bars but the killers of four other women have never been caught.

A detective has vowed the unsolved murders of four Glasgow sex workers in the 1990s will never be closed.

"As with any unresolved homicide we will continue to work with Police Scotland to explore any new evidential developments."body was discovered in bushes in the car park of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow in April 1993. Det Supt Graeme Lannigan said: "Unresolved murders are never closed and Police Scotland is fully committed to identifying those people responsible for all such cases.

In 2007 detectives arrested and charged four Turkish men but the case against them collapsed the following year. He added Packer preyed on the vulnerable and caused "extreme and enduring suffering for so many women and their families".Afterwards, Emma's family called for a judge-led public inquiry into police failings and lawyer Aamer Anwar said some officers had "blood on their hands".

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