The mother of Emma Caldwell has arrived for a meeting with the new Lord Advocate in her continuing fight for justice 16 years after her daughter’s murder.
Margaret Caldwell arrived at the Procurator Fiscal’s office in Glasgow on Monday morning with her solicitor, Aamer Anwar, ahead of a meeting with Dorothy Bain QC.
Mr Anwar told reporters: “It’s been 16 long years since Emma’s murder, so the very least Margaret Caldwell is entitled to is justice and the truth.”
The 27-year-old's body was found in woods near Biggar, South Lanarkshire, in May 2005.
The unsolved case was reopened in 2015 following consideration by senior lawyers in the Crown Office and tireless campaigning by her mother.
Following the meeting, Margaret Caldwell told reporters “I’m very happy about how things went today.”
Mr Anwar said Mrs Caldwell now had “renewed hope for justice” for her daughter after the meeting with the Lord Advocate.
Mr Anwar said: “When Emma was brutally murdered 16 years ago her family, in the midst of their grief, were forced to campaign for justice.
“Emma’s father, William, before he died in 2011, made his family promise they would never give up fighting for justice.
“Since then Margaret has been made many promises by former lords advocate and police officers but as the years passed by, hope faded.
The mum of Emma Caldwell who was found murdered in the woods in Lanarkshire in 2005 has met with the new Lord Advocate.
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Margaret says she still feels failed by the original investigation into her daughter’s death.
Aamer Anwar is the family lawyer and spoke on her behalf. pic.twitter.com/EX2dDo094t
“There should never be a time limit on justice and Margaret feels she was betrayed by the original Strathclyde Police investigation, but has confidence a new Police Scotland investigation left no stone unturned.”
Solicitor Aamer Anwar went on: “Margaret welcomed the meeting with the new Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain today.
“Dorothy was, as Margaret says, the first Lord Advocate to say it’s not right that it’s taken so long, and that she accepted mistakes had been made.
“But the Lord Advocate also renewed Margaret’s hope for justice.
“A very detailed discussion took place of the Crown Office and police strategy, but nothing can be said which will prejudice the ongoing inquiry and its integrity.
“Margaret’s hope had faded and she has a renewed hope that justice will be done.”
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