Arrest after man fell to death from window in Wester Hailes

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Author: Hope WebbPublished 19th Apr 2019

Police have made an arrest after a man fell to his death from a fourth-floor window.

Emergency services were called to Cobbinshaw House South in Calder Gardens, Edinburgh, just after 2pm on Thursday to a report that a man had fallen from a block of flats.

The 35-year-old was taken to hospital, where he died a short time later.

Police are treating the death as unexplained.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident which happened in the Wester Hailes area of the city.

A police spokesman said: The death is currently being treated as unexplained and a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal. Inquiries remain ongoing.'