Iain Packer's defence counsel asks the jury to focus on the evidence and not 'rumour, gossip and innuendo'.
A jury has been urged to judge the man accused of murdering Emma Caldwell in 2005 solely on the evidence presented in court.
And he said it was not his client's position that all the women who had made allegations against him had lied. "I'm not standing her as an apologist for Iain Packer. I'm not standing here asking you to like him. I'm asking you to judge him fairly." Earlier, the jury was told the murder of Ms Caldwell was "the most horrifying chapter" in the sexual crimes of the man accused of strangling her.
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