A person has gone on trial accused of murdering a lady practically 19 years in the past.
Iain Packer, 50, is accused of strangling Emma Caldwell, 27, together with his fingers and a cable, assaulting her, compressing her wrists, desiring to rape her, and murdering her in Limefield woods in South Lanarkshire on 5 April 2005.
He is additional charged with making an attempt to defeat the ends of justice by allegedly disposing of Ms Caldwell’s physique, her cell phone, clothes and private belongings, in addition to cleansing the inside of a automotive which belonged to him.
The jury was sworn in on the High Court in Glasgow on Tuesday, with decide Lord Beckett advising the trial is estimated to final round six or seven weeks.
Packer faces 46 prices in whole towards 27 different ladies and 4 males, together with 11 alleged rapes and prices of alleged assault, abduction, indecent assault and sexual assault.
He denies all prices towards him.
The alleged offences are mentioned to have taken place between 1990 and 2016, with quite a lot of the alleged crimes involving different ladies additionally mentioned to have taken place at Limefield woods.
Ms Caldwell was final seen between 12.30am and 1.30am on 5 April 2005 on London Road, Glasgow, and was reported lacking by her household 5 days later.
The physique of Ms Caldwell, who had been working as a intercourse employee within the metropolis, was found within the woods on 8 May 2005.
The trial, earlier than Lord Beckett, continues.
Source: information.sky.com”