Iain Packer is set to stand trial at the High Court in Glasgow next year, charged with murdering Emma Caldwell 18-years-ago.
The jury in the Emma Caldwell murder trial are to be taken to the place where her body was found, a court has heard.
The 50-year-old faces 46 charges in total, including 11 alleged rapes and charges of alleged abduction, indecent assault and sexual assault involving a number of women, all of which he denies. He told the court: “The Crown position is that one of the most significant circumstances in relation to charge 45 is the locus itself and the fact that the body of the deceased was found in a remote wood in South Lanarkshire just a short way from a single track road.
Judge Lord Beckett gave his consent to the proposed site visit, having heard there is no objection in principal from the defence, and that a health and safety risk assessment has been carried out. He lodged an application for her evidence to be heard by way of a statement which she gave previously. Among the other charges Packer faces is an accusation of lewd or libidinous practice towards a girl who was aged 14 or 15 at the time.
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