A 17-year-old youth has been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged knife attack on a 25-year-old Syrian refugee at a flat in the city’s Upper Gilmore Place in the early hours of Thursday morning.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Police in Edinburgh are investigating after a 25-year-old man was seriously injured at a flat in Upper Gilmore Place shortly after 12am on Thursday 3rd May.
“A 17-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with this incident and appeared before Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday May 4.
“Anyone with information which may be able to help can contact Gayfield CID via 101.”
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.
