A police investigation is underway following the discovery of a body near Midlothian’s Hadfast Road, in the village of Cousland yesterday morning.
Officers attended the scene following report of a motorbike on fire around 9.20am then a search of the vicinity revealled a body nearby.
The person has not been publicly identified at this time.
Officers are treating the death as ‘unexplained’ and enquiries are continuing.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a motorbike on fire near Hadfast Road, Cousland, around 9.20am on Sunday, 17 January, 2021. On arrival, officers discovered the body of a person nearby.
“The death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries into the circumstances are 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.
