Iain Packer victim believes senior officers are avoiding accountability

One of Iain Packer's victims believes some officers should be held to account for their treatment of women involved in prostitution in Glasgow.

Packer was found guilty of Dunbartonshire-born Emma Caldwell's murder in 2024 - 19 years after first being interviewed by police.

This woman - who we're calling Claire - says she was one of many who warned them just how dangerous he was.

A regular client on the streets

Speaking exclusively to our new Beware Book podcast, she said: "This guy was a regular of mine, but at nighttime he never picked me up.

"I used to see him and think, yes.

"No, yes, that it was him but some money. I was so, I think I was kind of cheeky and bold and Emma wasn't."

Claire turned to prostitution at the age of just 15 because she was addicted to drugs at the time and she relied on it heavily as a form of income for years.

Packer was known for driving around in a van and some of the woman had left warnings about this in a so-called Beware Book.

Secret suspicions

It was kept inside Base 75 which was a place where the women could go for a shower, a change of clothes and something to eat.

She added: "His eyes were always dead dark.

And that black leather jacket and that. He always had that on, always.

"And he always had fags so that was him. He’d stop and I’d say give me a cigarette. You looking for business? Like a cowardly c**t."

On one occasion, Claire was even propositioned by a serving officer for sex.

"So many police officers, they should pay, I don't know.

"But there's a couple that should be held accountable for this. They knew who he was back then, and they let him go."

Police Scotland says it can't comment on the nature of the way Emma Caldwell's case was handled before the public inquiry into her death.

New podcast investigates the murders and the list of dangerous men known as the Beware Book

Emma's murder and the way it was handled is explored further in the new Beware Book podcast which looks into the murders of women involved in prostitution in Glasgow.

Many of these women were left defenceless in a harsher city than the one we know today - a city grappling with unemployment, crime and the growing grip of heroin.

Distrustful of authorities and fearing for their safety, they turned to each other for protection.

They shared warnings about their most dangerous clients in a tattered leather journal they called the “Beware Book.”

Now, journalists Collette McGonigle and Callum McQuade of Clyde 1 revisit the cases that devastated families and left lasting scars across the city.

The first three episodes of Beware Book are available on the Rayo app, Apple, Amazon Music, Spotify... or wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen here: https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/podcasts/beware-book

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