Two men have been charged in connection with a “serious assault” on a busy Edinburgh street. An investigation was launched by the police after a 49-year-old man was allegedly attacked on Charlotte Square on Sunday 7 April at around 4.50pm. Officers said at the time the alleged victim was rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh to be treated for injuries. Police said a 26-year-old and a 32-year-old have now been arrested and charged in connection with the incident. They are due to appear at...
Police investigating an assault in Sunderland which left the victim with serious injuries have released an image of a man who they want to identify. An investigation has been ongoing since the attack, which occurred on Vine Place in the city centre at about 1.15am on Sunday, February 11. For reasons yet to be established, the victim was punched to the head and knocked unconscious. Northumbria Police have today, April 25, released the image of a man who they would like to trace. He was in the...
Gardai are asking anyone who witnesses the incident to come forward including anyone with camera footage from the area
Police are appealing for witnesses or video footage following the road traffic collision in which the driver suffered serious injuries. The single-vehicle collision happened at about 5.25am yesterday morning (April 21) on the eastbound carriageway of the A6120 ring road between the junctions of Otley Road and Long Causeway. It involved a black convertible Mercedes A350. The male driver, who was the only occupant of the vehicle, was taken to hospital with serious head injuries. Sign up for our...
A workman has denied sexually assaulting a female flatmate - by claiming he was sleepwalking at the time of the alleged Edinburgh attack. Christopher Palmer, 30, is said to have pounced on the woman after walking into her bedroom in the middle of the night wearing just a jumper and boxer shorts. Palmer is then alleged to have grabbed the woman by the wrists before fondling her breast during the incident in a shared flat in Leith, in 2022. But the self-employed painter and decorator told a court...
Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri said he was the victim of a “deliberate hate crime attack”.
Police in Edinburgh have arrested a man after he allegedly caused a ‘disturbance’ on a city street. Officers raced to a home on Claverhouse Drive in Inch this morning, where they arrested the 31-year-old. Multiple police vans were spotted on the residential street, but cops say the incident did not present a risk to the wider public. A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Around 10.50am on Tuesday, 30 April, police responded to a report of a man causing a disturbance at a property in Claverhouse...
A prisoner who went on the run after escaping from a funeral in Edinburgh has been found. Police had launched a frantic search for 29-year-old Jamie Ross after he went missing at around lunchtime on Tuesday. It is understood he had been attending a family funeral at Mortonhall crematorium. An appeal was sent out for members of the public to help trace him after police revealed he had links to the south of the Capital and Aberdeen. The force said this afternoon: “Jamie Ross, 29, reported missing...
A pensioner was hospitalised after being attacked in broad daylight on an Edinburgh street. Police are appealing for information on the assault on the 70-year-old, which took place on West Granton Road yesterday afternoon. The victim was getting out of his car, a black Renault scenic, when he was attacked by a single member of a group of six men. Officers want to trace an Irish man named Paul who drove the OAP to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Detective Sergeant John Dunn said: “We are...
Police have launched an appeal following the assault that took place earlier this month. West Yorkshire Police received a call on Monday April 15 at 2.30am following a fight in Albion Court, off Westgate. The police understand that a verbal altercation had taken place in the doorway of the Mex Bar before the incident. The victim, a man in his 30s, was taken to the hospital with injuries to face and upper body. Police would like to hear from anyone who was in the Albion Court area on the day of...
Six men have been charged with attempted murder following the assault of two men in Southhouse Square, Edinburgh. It is understood that the suspects, aged between 20 and 58, assaulted two men and stole a black BMW during the incident. One victim, aged 25, was found seriously injured and taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. A second victim, aged 24, was also injured in the altercation and sought medical treatment. On January 26, emergency services attended Southhouse Square following...
An investigation is underway after dozens of mobile phones were reported stolen at an Edinburgh music festival. Police received 43 reports of phones being stolen at Terminal V festival, which was held at The Royal Highland Centre on April 13 and 14. A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “Following the Terminal V event on Saturday, 13 and Sunday, 14 April which was attended by thousands of people, we received 43 reports of mobile phones stolen. Enquiries are ongoing. "If anyone has any...