A man is due in court today in connection with an assault and robbery on an elderly woman in Leith.
Detectives arrested and charged a 33-year-old man in connection with the attack which took place around 4.35pm on Monday, 8 February, 2021, on Hamburgh Place.
The 82-year-old woman was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with a serious injury and has since been released.
A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal and the man is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today.
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.
