THE FAMILY of murdered vice girl Emma Caldwell have appealed directly to her killer to "end this nightmare". 

Emma was found dead in woodland near Biggar in May 2005 and as yet, nobody has been prosecuted for her death. 

The 27-year-old had turned to drugs and later prostitution after struggling to cope with the death of her sister.

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Her family - mum Margaret Caldwell and uncle Jim Coyle - met Lord Advocate James Wolfe QC in Edinburgh yesterday along with their lawyer Aamer Anwar. 

They wanted to express their concerns and frustrations at the length of time the current murder investigation is taking. 

They also told the Lord Advocate they had not forgotten about senior Strathclyde Police officers who "betrayed Emma" and said they "must answer fore their actions". 

The meeting comes two years after the Crown Office ordered Police Scotland to look into the unsolved case again after the original investigation failed. 

In a statement read by Mr Anwar yesterday, the family said they felt "betrayed" by the original investigation, and issues a message directly to her killer.

Mr Anwar said: "11 years ago when you took Emma’s life, you tore apart her family’s lives forever.

"They were unable to bury Emma for some two years, her mother Margaret has never been able to grieve and when William, Emma’s father died from cancer in 2011 he made his family promise they would never give up fighting  for justice.

 "Today Emma’s family has one simple request for the killer - end this nightmare by giving yourself up to the authorities. 

"If you fail to do so, then you should know there will never be a time limit on justice for Emma Caldwell. 

"Sadly it is inevitable that other women will have suffered at the hands of this killer and he will have aroused suspicions in his friends and family. 

"The Caldwell family urges those who have such information to have courage and come forward and speak to the police in total confidence.

"The family has expressed confidence in the current investigation, which has 25 full time officers working on it including an Assistant Chief Constable.

Following the original bungled police inquiry, Emma's family said the new investigation should have nothing to do with the previous one.

Officers wrongly targeted four Turkish men who they thought responsible for the crime, without focusing on a local suspect it later emerged. 

All officers who are working on the current case, including some of Scotland's most experience detectives have been vetted. 

Mr Anwar said: "The Caldwell family have been frustrated at the length of time the new investigation has taken, but the Lord Advocate tried to reassure the family that this is a painstaking complex investigation begun from scratch.

"On Tuesday I met with the three Senior Investigating Officers, who outlined the enormous scale of the inquiry, the thousands of documents that required to be re-examined as well as numerous lines of inquiries have been generated and need to be investigated."