The body of a 56-year-old man has been discovered at a capital property.

Emergency services descended on New Lairdship Place at around noon on Saturday September 13 following the report of a death.

Shocked locals noticed the road had been locked down with one commenting there was a ‘serious police presence.’

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A forensic team with three officers in white suits were spotted at the scene.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal shortly.

An eye witness, who wished to remain anonymous, previously told Edinburgh Live: “Broomhouse is normally a really quite place during the day and you don’t normally see an emergency service response like that in a residential street.”

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A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of the death of a 56-year-old man at a property on New Lairdship Place, Edinburgh, around 12pm on Saturday, 13 September, 2025.

“There are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.”

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