Margaret Caldwell and her family also want public inquiry into failures by authorities after man finally jailed for 2005 killing

The mother of a murdered woman whose killer was convicted last week after a two-decade long campaign for justice has called for a criminal investigation into mishandling of the case.

Iain Packer was jailed for life with a minimum of 36 years at the high court in Glasgow on Wednesday for the murder of Emma Caldwell in 2005, as well as for 11 rapes and 21 further charges including sexual assaults and abduction.

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