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A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a serious assault in north Edinburgh.

The incident happened at around 1.40 a.m. on Sunday 8th May in Rossie Place resulting in the male victim sustaining a serious head injury.

Officers from the Violence Reduction Unit carried out extensive enquiries and swiftly traced a man and charged him with serious assault.

He is scheduled to appear before Edinburgh Sheriff CourtĀ 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.