Crime

GREENSIDE PLACE – SERIOUS ASSAULT

Submitted by Editor on Sat, 04/03/2023 - 00:00

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

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ASSAULT IN LEITH STREET

Submitted by Editor on Fri, 30/12/2022 - 14:55

POLICE APPEAL FOR WITNESSES AND INFORMATION

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

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Detectives in Edinburgh are appealing for information following the serious assault of a man in Leith Street.

The assault took place around 7.45 pm on Thursday, 29 December 2022, at a bus stop outside the Omni Centre.

ASSAULT ON WINDSOR STREET – POLICE APPEAL FOR HELP

Submitted by Editor on Tue, 20/09/2022 - 08:54

Police Scotland this morning issued a press release concerning a case of assault on Windsor Street in July.

We reproduce it below, unedited and in full.

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Police in Edinburgh have released an image of a man that they wish to speak to as they believe he may have information that can assist with an investigation into a serious assault.

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.