Police officers searching for a missing man from East Calder have found a body.
An appeal for the public’s help to trace William Johnstone was released earlier today.
The body was discovered in a car on Lasswade Bank in Edinburgh around 7,15am this morning.
Formal identification has still to take place but Mr Johnstone’s family have been notofied.
The death is not being treated as suspicious and officers said that a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 7.15am on Thursday, 10 October, the body of a man was found within a car on Lasswade Bank, Edinburgh.
“Formal identification has still to take place, however we believe it to be 47-year-old William Johnstone who was missing from East Calder.
“His family is aware.
“The death is not being treated as suspicious. A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”
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.
