Crime

GAYFIELD PLACE INCIDENT

Submitted by Editor on Sun, 04/09/2022 - 07:17

POLICE APPEAL FOR HELP

Ten months after the event, police in Edinburgh have issued CCTV images and an appeal for help. We reproduce their press release below, unedited and in full.

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ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN TRINITY

Submitted by Editor on Tue, 04/01/2022 - 10:21

POLICE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION

Police Scotland issued a press release yesterday, which we reproduce below in full.

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ABDUCTION AND ATTEMPTED MURDER IN CLAREMONT COURT – POLICE SEEK WITNESSES

Submitted by Editor on Thu, 07/10/2021 - 15:29

Police Scotland issued the following press release at lunchtime today. We reproduce it unedited and in full.

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Police Scotland is appealing for information following an abduction and attempted murder incident which happened in the city centre overnight.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN CLAREMONT COURT

Submitted by Editor on Fri, 01/10/2021 - 07:27

POLICE SEEK WITNESSES

Police Scotland issued a press release yesterday, which we reproduce below unedited and in full.

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Detectives in Edinburgh are appealing for information following the attempted robbery of a man and woman in the Claremont area of the city.

The incident took place around 10.50pm on Tuesday 28th September, within a property at Claremont Court.

CYCLING PROTESTERS TARGETED IN CITY-CENTRE INCIDENT

Submitted by Editor on Mon, 27/09/2021 - 11:12

Spurtle has received a report that on Saturday afternoon, a group of moto-cross bikers harassed participants in a peaceful Critical Mass cycle protest in the city centre.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY ON WARRISTON PATH

Submitted by Editor on Fri, 24/09/2021 - 14:10

Police Scotland today issued a press release. We publish it below unedited and in full.

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Detectives in Edinburgh are appealing for information following the attempted robbery of a woman in the Broughton Road area of the city.

The incident took place around 8.45pm on Thursday, 23 September, on a walkway commonly referred to as the Warriston Path, near to the opening at Boat Green.

The victim, a 33-year-old woman, was approached and threatened by a man, before she ran to the nearby Tesco. It is believed the man left in the opposite direction.

SUMMER PLACE ROBBERY – POLICE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION

Submitted by Editor on Sat, 28/08/2021 - 11:50

Police Scotland issued the following press release this morning. We reproduce it unedited and in full.

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SERIOUS ASSAULT – POLICE RELEASE CCTV IMAGE

Submitted by Editor on Wed, 18/08/2021 - 10:20

Police Scotland issued the following press release this morning. We reproduce it below unedited and in full.

Officers in Edinburgh have released an image of a man they believe may be able to assist with their enquiries following a serious assault which took place in the Forth Street area around 9.50pm on Monday 7 June 2021. As a result of the incident a man required hospital treatment.

SERIOUS ASSAULT ON FORTH STREET

Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/06/2021 - 19:49

The following press release was received from Police Scotland earlier today. We reprint it unedited and in full below.

DEATH OF TEENAGER – MAN CONVICTED

Submitted by Editor on Mon, 24/05/2021 - 16:47

Readers will remember the tragic case of Mhari O’Neill, the 15-year-old Edinburgh woman whose body was discovered on Calton Hill on 8 December 2018.

Today at the High Court in Edinburgh, 20-year-old Ewan Fulton pled guilty to her culpable homicide.

A Police Scotland press release this afternoon gave details. We reprint them unedited below.