Serial sex offender Iain Packer was jailed for life after being found guilty of strangling the 27-year-old in 2005.

Iain Packer was jailed for at least 36 years for murdering the 27-year-old in remote woods in April 2005.

A former detective says says 300 rapes and sexual assaults were not dealt with by police during the Emma Caldwell murder investigation.

Iain Packer victim says police officers were connected through groups like masonic lodges and golf clubs.

The judge will examine how officers handled the murder investigation after she was strangled in 2005.

Justice Secretary Angela Constance is set to confirm the move in a Holyrood statement on Thursday.

Packer was convicted of the murder and of 32 other crimes last month.

Her mother is calling for an inquiry into police failings in the investigation into killer Iain Packer.