Two boys aged 11 and 13 have been charged in connection with an assault on a ten-year-old boy in the south-east of the capital last Wednesday.

In a statement, Police Scotland said: “Police were called to a report of an assault on a ten-year-old boy in the south-east of Edinburgh on Wednesday.

“We can now confirm that an 11-year-old boy and 13-year-old boy have been charged in connection with the assault.

“A report will be sent to the Scottish children’s reporter.”

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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.