A police investigation has been launched following the death of a man in Leith this morning.

Just after 07.00 emergency services were called to Couper Street following reports that a man had been found injured.

Officers attended but the 52-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The area has been cordoned off to allow for a forensic examination of the immediate area.

The man has not been named at this time and enquiries are said to be continuing.

A statement released by Police Scotland states: “Around 7.10am on Friday, Friday 4 December, 2020 police were called reports of a man found injured in Couper Street in Edinburgh. 

“Emergency services attended but the 52-year-old man was pronounced dead. 

“Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full set of circumstances surrounding the incident.”

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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.