A police investigation is underway after a 41-year-old woman was hit on the back of the head by a man while she walked with a 3-year-old child who was riding a push bike on the Restalrig Railway Path near to Leith Academy High School.
The incident happened at around 1:30pm on Monday, May 18.
Officers are hoping to trace a man described as either of mixed-race or Arabic ethnicity, who is between the ages of 30 and 35, medium build, short dark hair, and was wearing either a black jacket and black trousers, or possibly a dark grey tracksuit.
Anyone with information, please call police on 101 quoting incident 2291 of 18 May, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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.
