Edinburgh police hunt for prisoner who escaped while attending family funeral
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Edinburgh crime: On-the-run prisoner who escaped while attending funeral found, announce police
A prisoner who went on the run after escaping from a funeral in Edinburgh has been found. Police had launched a frantic search for 29-year-old Jamie Ross after he went missing at around lunchtime on Tuesday. It is understood he had been attending a family funeral at Mortonhall crematorium. An appeal was sent out for members of the public to help trace him after police revealed he had links to the south of the Capital and Aberdeen. The force said this afternoon: “Jamie Ross, 29, reported missing...
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Edinburgh police hunting knife-wielding man who threatened residents in Lomond Road
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Edinburgh Bonfire Night mayhem: Police officers to launch legal actions against Police Scotland
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