Police have charged three teenage girls with culpable and reckless conduct after a seven-year-old boy was struck on the leg by a cone that was dropped from outside the Pure Gym on the second floor of Ocean Terminal on Boxing day.
The child was unharmed and local officers have been carrying out various inquiries in an effort to trace those responsible,
The three 13-year-old girls have been reported to the Children’s Reporter.
Constable Nicole Napier who is based at Leith Police Station said: “This was a senseless act that had to potential to seriously injure or worse.
“We have now charged three teenagers in connection with this matter and I wish to thank everyone who assisted throughout the course of our investigation.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
