A prosecutor listed 17 different circumstances which he claimed pointed to the guilt of the Emma Caldwell murder suspect.

Richard Goddard KC on Tuesday completed his closing speech to jurors on day 26 of the trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Iain Packer, 51, denies a total of 36 charges of physical and sexual violence involving 25 women including the murder of sex worker Miss Caldwell at remote Limefield Woods in Biggar, South Lanarkshire on April 5 2005.

Mr Goddard told the court a wide range of evidence had been heard during the course of the trial.

He stated: “Take all the factors together and look at them as a whole then the power of the combination becomes clear.”

The advocate depute went on to explain that there were “17 separate circumstances” which “co-exist and demonstrate” that Packer was responsible.

These included evidence that the former sign fitter was an “obsessive” and “violent” user of sex workers in Glasgow.

Mr Goddard said Packer had been described as a “problematic client” of Miss Caldwell, who he had initially denied knowing.

He referred to testimony from a witness who believed Packer was “stalking” her and was “obsessed” by the young woman. It was claimed he apparently did not want anyone else going with her.

The prosecutor spoke of Packer’s “movements” in the hours before the murder.

Mr Goddard said it could be “inferred” from the evidence of a woman who lived with him at that time that he was out that night. But, the prosecutor stated perhaps the most “compelling” of the 17 circumstances was the remote location of Limefield Woods, where Packer has admitted driving sex workers to.

Miss Caldwell’s naked body was found in a ditch there by a dog walker on May 8 2005.

Packer has incriminated two other men as being responsible for the murder.

But, Mr Goddard said it was only against Packer that there was evidence of someone taking “a convoluted combination of roads to that random and anonymous location” 40 miles from Glasgow.

Packer has claimed he initially discovered the area “by chance”.

The advocate depute stated: “There is a not a single piece of evidence either (of the other two individuals) having been there in their lives.

“No evidence that they also took sex workers from Glasgow all the way to same random pinhead chosen by Iain Packer.

“You may think that defies common sense. There is no evidence to support it.”

Mr Goddard later stated were jurors to believe that two men unconnected to Packer and each other “happened upon” the same secluded area to take sex workers to.

The prosecutor asked: “What are the chances of that?”

Mr Goddard further referred to evidence of a 97% match to soil in Packer’s van coming from close to where Miss Caldwell’s body was found.

The prosecutor said “that is as good as it gets” with that type of scientific comparison.

Jurors have heard Packer admit to being at the woods, but insists he was not at the area where Miss Caldwell was discovered.

Other factors Mr Goddard mentioned were alleged lies made by Packer including to BBC investigative reporter Samantha Poling.

The advocate depute said: “In this case there is not a single statement - five to the police or to Miss Poling - where Iain Packer has not told lies. Not one.

“I say that you cannot believe a word that comes out of his mouth.

“Iain Packer cannot be honest to what he did with Emma Caldwell as, if he was, it would be to admit that he murdered her.”

Miss Caldwell is said to have been killed by being strangled by hands and a cable. The attack is said to have been with intent to rape.

Mr Goddard said there had been evidence of previous assaults by Packer on women “characterised” by choking.

He added the fact Miss Caldwell was found naked that there appeared to be a “sexual element” to the killing.

Concluding his speech, Mr Goddard said Packer had given “no cogent answer” to any of the charges in his evidence.

He told the trial the murder of Miss Caldwell was the “horrifying chapter” of evidence of 25 women who allegedly suffered at the hands of Packer over more than 20 years - 1990 to 2016.

Mr Goddard said the “collective strength” of the 17 factors point “in the same way that Iain Packer was responsible” for the death.

Packer’s KC Ronnie Renucci later began his speech by urging jurors that he was not asking them to “like” the suspect, but to “judge him fairly”.

The defence advocate: “There are a number of doubts in this case.”

Mr Renucci said because Packer is accused of murdering Miss Caldwell “does not mean he is responsible”.

The trial, before judge Lord Beckett, continues.