Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault which happened outside a convenience store in North Edinburgh.
Around 9pm on Saturday, 10 April, 2021, a 34-year-old woman was attacked outside the Day Today store in Easter Drylaw Place. She sustained a serious facial injury in an assault but did not require hospital treatment.
Officers are following a positive line of enquiry in relation to the assault but are seeking witnesses to come forward.
A member of the public came to her aid and officers are especially keen to hear from her.
Despite the time in the evening the area around the shops was busy with people and officers continue to check CCTV from nearby premises and carry out door-to-door enquiries in relation to the enquiry.
If anyone has any information, please call Police Scotland via 101, quoting incident number 1142 of 12 April, 2021. Alternatively, please call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where you can give your information anonymously.
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.
