A person has appeared in courtroom charged with the homicide of a "much-loved" father in Edinburgh.

Emergency companies had been known as to a report of a person injured inside a flat within the metropolis's Primrose Street at round 2.30pm on Tuesday.

Local man Garry O'Neill was pronounced lifeless on the scene.

In a press release launched by way of Police Scotland earlier this week, Mr O'Neill's household stated: "He was a much-loved dad and we ask for privacy at this difficult time."

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Suspect Jamie Boulton was arrested and charged in reference to Mr O'Neill's demise.

The 54-year-old appeared earlier than Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday charged with homicide. He additionally faces two expenses of breaching bail circumstances.

Boulton, from Edinburgh, made no plea and was remanded in custody. He is due again within the dock throughout the subsequent week.

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