A Turkish-born man accused of murdering a Glasgow prostitute has settled out of court after a three-year legal battle for compensation.
Halil Kandil, 40, was one of four men charged in 2007 with strangling Emma Caldwell at a community cafe in Glasgow's Bridge Street and of later dumping her body.
But following the dropping of the charges by the Crown Office, Kandil has been awarded an undisclosed sum for the time he spent in jail awaiting trial. His original claim was for £100,000.
Similar compensation claims from the three other men involved have yet to be settled, it is understood.
Convicted rapist Huseyin Cobanoglu, 61, from Irvine; Ayrshire, Abubekir Oncu, 37 from Springboig, Glasgow; and Mustafa Soylemez, 41, from Sprinburn, Glasgow have also all raised claims.
Ms Caldwell, of Erskine, Ayrshire, became a heroin addict and worked as a prostitute to pay for her habit. She was killed in 2005 and her body was dumped in woodland.
The later arrest of the suspects followed a contentious translation of police tapes that allegedly captured the four men discussing the murder. While a police officer of Turkish origin claimed the men spoke about killing Ms Caldwell, two other specialists said they heard no mention of murder on the tapes.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "As there is ongoing litigation with the parties involved, Police Scotland cannot comment."
Kandil, from Cadder, Glasgow, declined to comment.
No-one has been convicted of the murder.
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