FOR EMMA, I'LL NEVER STOP THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE

MARGARET Caldwell has vowed never to stop fighting for answers over why it took two decades to jail her daughter's killer.

- BY JENNIFER HYLAND

The 77-year-old said it is now urgent that she, and the public, finds out why Iain Packer was overlooked as a suspect in Emma's death and was free to rape and abuse women for almost 20 years.

EMMA Caldwell's mum has vowed to uncover the truth behind why her daughter's killer was left free to rape and terrorise women for almost two decades.

Iain Packer picked up Emma in Glasgow in 2005 and drove her 41 miles to Limefield Woods in Biggar, Lanarkshire, where he strangled her. Her body was found the following month by a dog walker.

But it wasn't until 19 years later that Packer was brought to justice due to botched investigations by police and prosecutors, which focused on other suspects despite the overwhelming evidence pointing to him as the killer.

Following Margaret's relentless fight for her answers, the Scottish Government ordered an independent public inquiry into what went wrong with the original investigation.

However, it took ministers a year to appoint Scottish BR High Court judge Kil Lord Scott to head the forthcoming probe into Police lai Pa Scotland's bungled handling of the investigation with still no start date set.

Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Mail following the 20th anniversary of Emma's death, Margaret, 77, has said she can't wait any longer for the truth which she believes many have never wanted to be revealed.

She said: "We've been fighting for 20 years for justice for Emma but I will never give up, not now, not tomorrow, not ever. We had some justice with Packer being convicted but there is still a very long tale to be told.