{"id":53009,"date":"2025-04-26T20:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T20:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/53009\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T20:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T20:42:14","slug":"cctv-image-of-man-released-by-police-after-child-attacked-in-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/53009\/","title":{"rendered":"CCTV image of man released by police after child attacked in Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A child was assaulted on Tuesday, April 15, at around 3.45pm in Edinburgh.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/492572687_1084750003458050_8398368314084748057_n.jpg\" alt=\"Police released an image of the man\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Police released an image of the man(Image: Police Scotland)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A CCTV image of a man has been released after a child was <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">assaulted<\/a> on an Edinburgh street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">At around 3.45pm on Tuesday, April 15, a child was assaulted on Cultins Road in Edinburgh. Police Scotland have now released an photo of a man who may be able to assist their enquiries into the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">assault<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The man <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">pictured<\/a> is described as white, 5ft 7in tall, slim build, around 30 years old with blue\/green eyes, short light brown hair a light beard. At the time of the incident, he was wearing a dark coloured zip-up bomber jacket with a hood, dark coloured tracksuit bottoms, and black and white trainers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Constable<\/a> Ross Murray said: &#8220;The man pictured is believed to have information that could help with our enquiries into this assault. If this is you, or you recognise the man, please get in touch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Anyone who can assist is asked to contact Police Scotland via 101, quoting <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">incident<\/a> number 2191 of April 15, 2025. Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 anonymously.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">We previously reported that, in a separate incident, a man was charged in connection with the alleged <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">assault<\/a> of a toddler in a Scots play park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A 31-year-old man was <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a> and formally charged in connection after police received a report of an alleged attack on a three-year-old child in Stobbs Crescent in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, yesterday (Tuesday, April 15) at around 3.40pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers raced to the area and the male was traced in a &#8220;play park nearby&#8221;. A <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> was submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Daily Record has been running the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/our-kidsour-future-daily-record-29100909\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Our Kids... 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