An Edinburgh family have revealed how they were awoken by a doorbell notification as police descended on their community.
A mum, who wished to remain anonymous, spoke of how a young male appeared on her doorbell footage as he creeped through her garden at 1.45am on Sunday November 23.
Police Scotland were conducting a manhunt with dog teams through back gardens on Broomhouse Crescent and Broomhouse Grove.
Edinburgh Live previously reported how a man had made off from cops on St John’s Road before crashing into a vehicle on Saughton Road and fleeing the scene on foot.
Police say they are still looking for the culprit.
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In footage shared by the resident, a ‘young man’ can be seen clad in grey, casually walking past the front door of the house before neighbours reported seeing him sprinting away from the area police were searching.
“It was scary,” the mum said. “It was definitely someone who knows the area to come through the gardens on the Crescent, jump the fence and exit on the Grove.
“He must have come over the fence in the back garden and came right through the front then ran. I have no idea what he’s done but a good few police were out searching with dogs, so it’s serious enough to warrant that response.
“A neighbour saw him come out and run up the street when he saw the police. I don’t suspect he thought the police would be on the other side. We certainly got a fright.
“My daughter phoned me. She was still awake when the Ring doorbell sent the notification but I was sleeping and got a rude awakening. We went out thinking he was still in the garden. That’s when we saw all the police out the front.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers stopped a vehicle on St John’s Road in Edinburgh in the early hours of Sunday, 23 November, 2025.
“The car subsequently made off from officers and was found a short time later having been involved in a crash on Saughton Road. The driver made off from the collision and enquiries are ongoing to locate them. No one else was injured.”