A man has been arrested and charged following an attempted murder in the city centre earlier this month.

Following a disturbance on North Bridge at around 4 a.m. on Saturday 10th December, a 36-year-old man sustained a serious injury to his torso and was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment.

As a result of inquiries carried out by detectives from Gayfield CID a male was detained and subsequently charged.

The 39-year-old is scheduled to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today.

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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.