Police have confirmed that the death a man found unconscious in a garden at the rear of a house in Salters Road, Dalkeith, on Saturday morning is not being treated as suspicious.
It is understood the man died after suffering complications from an underlying health condition.
A police spokesman said: “Officers were alerted to an address in Salters Road, Dalkeith, at around 7am on Saturday, August 27, after receiving a report of concern for a male occupant.
“Upon arrival officers discovered a 25-year-old male lying unconscious in the rear garden.
“He was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where he sadly passed away.
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.
