A convicted killer has been named as a suspect in five unsolved murder cases dating back 30 years.
Police relaunched an investigation into the killings of the victims last year - all of whom were young women and date from the 1970s and early 1980s - after new DNA evidence revealed "strong links" between the cases.
The cases include the notorious World's End murders in Edinburgh in 1977.
Helen Scott and Christine Eadie, both 17, who were last seen in the World's End pub, were found dead several miles away in East Lothian after being beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled.
Police believe the same suspect is responsible for the murders of Anna Kenny, 20, in August 1977, Hilda McAuley, 36, in October 1977, and Agnes Cooney, 23, in December 1977, all in west central Scotland, it was claimed.
The Daily Record newspaper named the suspect as Angus Sinclair, who is currently serving a life sentence in Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison for the murder of a 17-year-old girl in 1978.
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