Crime

Carly Kilpatrick, 14, was taken to hospital after she took unwell at around 2.45am on Monday, 18 September. She was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later.

Teen charged with drug offence after schoolgirl's death

East Lothian Council headquarters John Muir House in Haddington. Picture: Google Maps

Residents urged to be vigilant after reports of household heating scammers

A 38-year-old man has been charged in connection with an early morning robbery in Edinburgh.

Man arrested after robbery on Leith Walk

Findlay Munro has been placed on a restriction of liberty order for the next six months after admitting new sex offences.

Driving instructor admits more sex assaults

Leon Melassanos (left) and his brother Mitchell Melassanos were both jailed after being caught with £100,000 of cannabis at Edinburgh Airport.

Brothers jailed over £100,000 cannabis at airport

Hospital row case was heard at Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Edinburgh man caught with single child abuse image placed on register

Three 14-year-old girls were taken to St John's Hospital, Livingston, after becoming unwell on Tuesday afternoon.

Boy charged after girls fall ill

The three girls were taken to St John's Hospital, Livingston, after the incident on Tuesday afternoon.

Boy charged after girls fall ill

Alexander Philip, pictured, and Craig Hodgkins were found guilty of sexual offences against five young people aged between six and 13-years-old between 1978 and 2008. Police said there is currently no image of Craig Hodgkins available.

Two men convicted of sexual abuse of children over four decades

Munro was handed a three year community payback order

Man who targeted vulnerable teenager escapes jail despite reoffending risk

A stock photo of a safer drug consumption room at the Scottish Drug Death Crisis Conference in 2020. Photo by John Devlin.

Safer drugs consumption room trial looks set to go ahead

Chief Superintendent Alwyn Bell said the force will continue to provide the highest level of service.

Detections increase parallels rise in crime

Oliver Reilly was last seen in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh around 10.40pm on Saturday, 16 September, 2023.

Missing teenager last seen in the Cowgate

The incident happened shortly after 12am on Friday, 15 September on Brougham Street in Edinburgh. A 19-year-old man was approached by a group of three male youths and subsequently assaulted

Man left with serious injuries after late night attack by three teenagers

The man ran from officers across the train tracks

Man arrested for threatening behaviour at Waverley station

The former Lothian & Borders police headquarters at Fettes has been found to contain Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete and police say they now plan to "exit" the site. Picture: Hamish Campbell.

Police exit could open door to Gaelic school
Green call to investigate whether site could be used for Edinburgh’s dedicated Gaelic high school

The assault took place at Muirhouse parkway football pitches

Detectives investigating assault at youth football game in Edinburgh

Police say they seized 900,000 diazepam tablets and a pill press when they visited the property in Danderhall on Tuesday.

Police arrest two men over illicit diazepam worth over £1 million

Wester Hailes man Thomas Carroll, 58, pictured outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court today.

Man pleads guilty to possessing indecent images of children

Alan Martin was last seen at around 12pm on Friday (September 1) around Lauriston Place in Edinburgh

Search for Edinburgh man missing for 11 days

Police responded to a report of a car on fire on Mosside Drive, Blackburn on Tuesday morning.

Police called after car set on fire in the early hours of the morning

A man has been charged in connection with the death of a pensioner who was hit by a bus in Edinburgh city centre.

Man, 34, charged after crash which killed pensioner

Edinburgh United player Craig Ferrier was found to have a huge haul of cocaine and heroin

Footballer facing jail after cocaine and heroin discovered by police during raid

Work is underway to restore the historic bridge
Photo: Save Our Shore, Leith

Bridge closed to pedestrians after break in disrupts major restoration works

A 12-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with three Urkrainian youths being assaulted in Niddrie Mains Road Edinburgh. Photo: Google Street View

Boy, 12 arrested after Ukrainian teens stabbed, slashed and punched

Three Ukrainian teenagers were attacked in Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh. Picture: Google/stock

'Safer in Ukraine than Niddrie': Shock after Ukrainian teens stabbed and slashed

Footballer Leigh Griffiths leaves Dundee Sheriff Court after he was fined for kicking a pyrotechnic device into a crowd. Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Leigh Griffiths fined for kicking flare into crowd
Ex-Easter Road striker flew in from Australia to attend the sentencing on Wednesday

Police Scotland seized cocaine worth up to £225,000 during raids of Edinburgh homes

Police raids at multiple homes see 8 arrested and drugs haul seized

Armadale Academy had to be locked down and pupils kept in their classrooms during a police incident on Tuesday. Photo: Google Street View

Armadale Academy locked down over police incident

Leon Melassanos, 68, and his sibling Mitchell Melassanos, 59, were caught trying to smuggle the huge amount of drugs into the country when they were stopped at Edinburgh Airport earlier this year.

Businessmen brothers caught at Edinburgh Airport with £100,000 worth of drugs

The assault took place on Niddrie Mains Road

Ukranian teenager stabbed in 'racially aggravated' attack

Emma Hunt was found guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court of embezzlement and fraud and sentenced to three years' imprisonment.

10 criminals who were put behind bars in Edinburgh in August

British Transport Police said the fight broke out after a train from Waverley pulled into Haymarket station bound for Glasgow Queen Street.

Four charged after fight at Haymarket station

Amy Rose Wilson, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in July. Police late launched a murder investigation. Three men have now been charged in connection with her death.

Third man charged over crash death

Edinburgh pensioner George Thomson is facing a lengthy jail sentence

Pensioner sexually abused girls while his wife was in the next room, court hears

Activists hurled paint at the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh

Eco-protesters fined after soaking Scottish Parliament building in red paint

Police were called to at St Cuthbert’s Kirkyard, which sits between Lothian Road and Princes Street, at around 3.55am on Friday. Photo: Google Street View

Man arrested after ‘serious sexual assault’

Two teenage girls have been rushed to Edinburgh hospital after being hit by vehicle on Gorgie Road. Photos: Lord Woolamaloo / Twitter

Two teenage girls hit by vehicle on Gorgie Road

A litter of seven puppies, believed to be just days old, have been found abandoned in a plastic container in West Lothian. Photos: Scottish SPCA

Puppies found abandoned in plastic contatiner

Richard Bale admitted to biting the police officer during the stand off at Edinburgh Castle in 2021

Man who bit police officer during Covid pandemic avoids jail

Amy-Rose Wilson died in a crash in New Carron Road, Falkirk, last month. Pic: Police Scotland

Two men charged in connection with 27-year-old woman's death in horror crash

A man has been jailed for a series of violent offences in Edinburgh

Man jailed for serious assault, housebreaking and robbery

Police are appealing for information after a mystery woman was seen running barefoot through gardens in Eagle Brae, Ladywell, Livingston, early on Sunday morning. Picture: Google.

Police try to solve mystery of barefoot woman

The High Court heard how the two men preyed on vulnerable addicts by offering them free drugs in return for letting them use their homes as bases to co-ordinate their illegal activities - a practice known as "cuckooing". Picture: Susan Burrell.

County lines drug traffickers jailed for ‘cuckooing’

The smart bin at the Hilltop car park has been set on fire twice and the surrounding fencing ripped out. The remote car park has also been a magnet for fly-tipping.

Car park could close at nights after smart bin set on fire twice

Three fire engines attended a large scale fire at Dunbar Landfill Site opposite the A1 on Monday.

Fire crews still on scene of huge blaze which ripped through landfill site

She was caught at Edinburgh airport with the suitcase full of cannabis

Drugs mule caught at airport with £400k of cannabis jailed

Videos and photos were found on his laptop, hidden in a suitcase under his bed

Edinburgh man jailed over haul of child abuse images

The woman was rushed to hospital but died later

Woman, 70, dies in fatal car crash

Police were called to the disturbance at the Edinburgh Playhouse in January.

Couple in court accused of attacking Playhouse staff

On Thursday, August 24, police responded to reports of two cars on fire on John’s Place with a third car set alight on Elbe Street and a vandalism to a further car on Wellington Place. One man has been arrested and is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today. Photo: Barry Macpherson

Three cars set on fire in street 'just inches' from homes

A 23-year-old man was left with serious injuries following an incident on Chambers Street around 9pm on Saturday, 19 August. A 19-year-old man is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today

Man to appear in court over incident that left man with serious injuries

Daniel Anderson was sentenced to eight years in prison and a three year extended sentence at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Man jailed for eight years after string of serious sexual crimes

At the High Court in Edinburgh, Ryan McCabe (inset), was found guilty following trial of the murder of Liam Maloney.

Man found guilty of young dad's murder

Edinburgh Trams fined £240,000 over death of man hit by tram on crossing