By Charlotte Webster
A sceret book circulated by prostitutes in Glasgow containing the names of clients including those of police officers during the 8o’s and 90’s has gone missing.
Current and former sex workers believe the book went missing because police were using prostitutes around the same time as Packer who would have been able to blow the whistle on them being clients.
The missing item, referred to as the ‘beware book’ is a record kept by a drop-in center assisting prostitutes in the east end of the city.
This book was intended to contain a list of dangerous clients, including high-profile individuals, including police officers, who posed risks to sex workers.
The book also contained sex workers’ accounts of rape and sexual assault by Packer- jailed for killing Emma Caldwell(pictured) in 2005. Its records were used to keep other prostitutes in the game alert and aware of alarming clients.
Packer had picked up Caldwell, 27, in Glasgow in April 2005 and drove her 41 miles to Limefield Woods in Biggar, Lanarkshire, where he strangled her.
One former prostitute, Amanda, who has waived her right to anonymity, after being indecently assaulted by Packer, believes some police officers tried to cover up for other officers, which hampered Emma’s murder investigation, the Sunday Mail reported.
Amanda said: “Packer knew we were not going to be taken seriously by the police. He targeted us because he knew no-one would listen. They didn’t listen to us, so the book was all we had to warn each other. It would hav
Its disappearance raises questions about the integrity of the initial investigation and the potential involvement of law enforcement in protecting certain individuals.
Iain Packer, who was recently convicted of Emma Caldwell’s murder after nearly two decades of eluding justice, was reportedly a client of sex workers around the time of the murder.
It is alleged that police officers were also clients during this period, leading to suspicions that they may have been involved in covering up vital information that could have aided in identifying Caldwell’s killer.
According to Hainey, entries in the beware book included descriptions of serving police officers who demanded services without payment or used their authority to intimidate sex workers.
The missing book contained crucial evidence, including accounts of rape and sexual assault by Iain Packer.
Hainey, who was herself a victim of Packer, believes that the destruction of the book hindered the investigation and allowed Packer to evade justice for years. She alleges that some police officers may have attempted to cover up for their colleagues, further obstructing the murder hunt.
The revelation of the missing beware book adds another layer of complexity to the already troubled investigation into Emma Caldwell’s murder. It suggests systemic issues within law enforcement and raises concerns about the treatment of sex workers by authorities.
Efforts are now underway by city council-backed service Routes Out to ascertain what happened to versions of the book from the time of Caldwell’s death.
This development comes in the wake of increased scrutiny on police conduct and accountability in cases involving vulnerable individuals.