Man charged with six sexual assaults in single evening

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One of the attacks was reported to police on Royal Crescent in Stockbridge

A man has been charged in connection with six sexual assaults in the space of a single evening in Edinburgh.

Three women were attacked in the Stockbridge area of the city on 12 December in Fettes Row, Inverleith Row and Saxe Coburg Street.

Police Scotland launched an appeal for further information and three further attacks in the Dean Bank Lane and Royal Crescent areas were also reported.

A 22-year-old man has been charged over the incidents and is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday.


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