A suspect has appeared in court charged with the murder of a man in Edinburgh.

Peter Mullen, 30, was found with serious injuries after emergency services were called to a disturbance in the city’s Leith Street, near Greenside Row, at around 7.45pm on Friday.

He was taken by ambulance to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where he died a short time later.

Dylan Curran, 23, was later arrested and charged by Police Scotland in connection with Mr Mullen’s death.

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Curran, of Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, made no plea to the murder charge when he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

Curran was remanded in custody and is due back in the dock within the next eight days.

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