{"id":589009,"date":"2025-11-23T15:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589009\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:40:15","slug":"moment-edinburgh-mum-spots-man-in-garden-while-police-search-for-runaway-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589009\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment Edinburgh mum spots man in garden while police search for runaway driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An Edinburgh family have revealed how they were awoken by a doorbell notification as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/crime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:police;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">police<\/a> descended on their community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Police Scotland;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Police Scotland<\/a> were conducting a manhunt with dog teams through back gardens on Broomhouse Crescent and Broomhouse Grove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Edinburgh Live previously reported how a man had made off from cops on St John\u2019s Road before crashing into a vehicle on Saughton Road and fleeing the scene on foot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say they are still looking for the culprit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Join<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DBFongo3zQS6P8RfPA1ryO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live&#039;s Whatsapp Community here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">  <b> Edinburgh Live&#8217;s Whatsapp Community here <\/b> <\/a> <b>and get the latest news sent<\/b> <b>straight to your messages.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In footage shared by the resident, a \u2018young man\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt was scary,\u201d the mum said. \u201cIt was definitely someone who knows the area to come through the gardens on the Crescent, jump the fence and exit on the Grove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe must have come over the fence in the back garden and came right through the front then ran. I have no idea what he&#8217;s done but a good few police were out searching with dogs, so it&#8217;s serious enough to warrant that response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cA neighbour saw him come out and run up the street when he saw the police. I don&#8217;t suspect he thought the police would be on the other side. We certainly got a fright.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMy 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&#8217;s when we saw all the police out the front.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Police Scotland spokesperson said: \u201cOfficers stopped a vehicle on St John\u2019s Road in Edinburgh in the early hours of Sunday, 23 November, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe 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. 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