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.