Body found in Edinburgh property as police and forensic officers probe ‘unexplained’ death

Police are treating the death of a 52-year-old man in Edinburgh as “unexplained”.

Officers were called to a property at Sandilands Close on Friday March 8, where the man's body was found. Locals reported that forensics officers were also on the scene. However, it is believed there are no supsicious circumstances.

A spokesperson for Police Scotland said in a statement: “

Police are treating the death of a 52-year-old man in Edinburgh as “unexplained”.

“We were made aware of the death of a 52-year-old man at a property in Sandilands Close, Edinburgh, on Friday, 8 March.

“The death is being treated as unexplained, but there are no apparent suspicious circumstances.

“A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”