Police have arrested and charged a 25-year-old man following an attempted robbery and a robbery in the Stenhouse area.
The first incident took place on Saughton Road North on Monday 7 March, when a man attempted to rob a teenage girl of her phone.
The second took place on Saughton Mains Terrace on Tuesday 8 March, when an elderly woman was assaulted and robbed of her handbag.
He is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today.
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.
