Edinburgh crime: Man, 36, charged in connection with Princes Street death

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of a man on Princes Street last year.

The 50-year-old man was found unresponsive outside Uniqlo’s Princes Street store at about 6am on June 25.

He was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after emergency services arrived.

A forensics tent was erected on Princes Street after his body was found | The Scotsman/National World

At the time, the death was treated as unexplained, but on Wednesday police said they had arrested and charged a 36-year-old man in connection with the death almost a year later.

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He is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday.