A 32-year-old man has been arrested after a man died falling from a fourth-floor window at a block of flats in Wester Hailes.
Emergency services were called to Cobbinshaw House South shortly after 2pm on Thursday.
A 35-year-old man was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary before he was pronounced dead.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “Police in Edinburgh investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 35-year-old man in the west of the city have arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with the incident.
“Officers and emergency services were called to Cobbinshaw House South at around 2.05pm on Thursday April 18 following a report of a man having fallen from a fourth-floor window.
“He was taken to hospital where he died a short time later.
“The death is currently being treated as unexplained and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal. “Inquiries remain ongoing.”
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.
