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15/01/2007
Second man arrested over hit-and-run death
A second man has been arrested in connection with the death of an Edinburgh schoolboy in a hit-and-run incident last October.
Jack Anderson, 10, died after being hit by a car on a pedestrian crossing in Saughton Road North in the city on October 5 last year. He was returning from Carrick Knowe Primary School and was just 200 yards from his home when the incident occurred.
The man, understood to be nineteen-year-old Patrick Nolan, was arrested in London on Saturday and is due to appear at Edinburgh's Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
Another man, Michael Adam Purcell, 19, appeared in court charged with culpable homicide, as well as five other charges, on October 26 last year.
Police are still searching for a third man, Mr Purcell's 25-year-old brother Issac, in connection with Jack's death.
A photo of Issac Purcell is available on Lothian and Borders Police website at: www.lbp.police.co.uk
Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on: 0131 620 5104 or Crimestoppers anonymously on: 0800 555 111.
(KMcA)
Jack Anderson, 10, died after being hit by a car on a pedestrian crossing in Saughton Road North in the city on October 5 last year. He was returning from Carrick Knowe Primary School and was just 200 yards from his home when the incident occurred.
The man, understood to be nineteen-year-old Patrick Nolan, was arrested in London on Saturday and is due to appear at Edinburgh's Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
Another man, Michael Adam Purcell, 19, appeared in court charged with culpable homicide, as well as five other charges, on October 26 last year.
Police are still searching for a third man, Mr Purcell's 25-year-old brother Issac, in connection with Jack's death.
A photo of Issac Purcell is available on Lothian and Borders Police website at: www.lbp.police.co.uk
Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on: 0131 620 5104 or Crimestoppers anonymously on: 0800 555 111.
(KMcA)
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