A 30-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a suspicious fire which took place around 1am on Tuesday 31st July in the Easter Langside Drive area of Dalkeith where a van was set alight.
A report has been sent to the Procurator fiscal and a man is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court at a later date.
Detective Constable Kenny McKenzie of Dalkeith CID said: “Fire-raising is exceptionally dangerous and can often result in serious injury or potentially be fatal. A white Ford Transit van was damaged in this incident and fortunately no one was injured.”
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.
