9am Briefing: Man charged with Grange murder

A MAN has been arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder after a dead man and a severely injured woman were found in a burning flat in The Grange.

The 43-year-old has been arrested and charged with the murder of Stewart Taylor, 33, following the alleged attack in the city suburb on Monday morning.

He has also been charged with the attempted murder of 30-year-old Lynsey Methven and was due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today.

• THE father of a man left with severe brain damage following an unprovoked assault has described his attackers' four-year sentences as unjust.

Peter Nicholson, 46, said the punishment handed out to Rhys Cleaver and David Gibson, both 16, for the brutal attack on his son Marc was "pathetic".

Marc, 24, remains in hospital and is unlikely to ever fully recover from the injuries he suffered after he was attacked as he walked home with his girlfriend on May 22 last year.

• A POLICE training exercise near a city cemetery left residents thinking a real armed arrest was taking place.

Around 15 officers took part in the exercise, which involved one of them pretending to be an armed criminal.

People living near the Mount Vernon cemetery at The Inch thought they were witnessing a genuine incident.

One resident was quoted saying: "It was pretty terrifying and looked like a real arrest was taking place."