Police are appealing for information after a car was set alight in the early hours of this morning in Dalkeith.
At around 2.45am, police and the fire service were called to Elmfield Park where a car was alight in the street.
Detective Constable Kenny McKenzie of Dalkeith CID said: “We are treating this as a deliberate fireraising and are carrying out inquiries in the local area today. A person was seen running from the vehicle and I’m keen to speak to anyone who may have seen or heard anything suspicious in the area at the time.”
Contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident 379 of 21st July, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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.
