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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Laura Pollock

Princes Street Gardens closed to public after report of 'serious sexual assault'

PRINCES Street Gardens is shut to the public after reports of a serious sexual assault.

Police say a 20-year-old woman was attacked in the Gardens at around 3.45am in the early hours of Monday morning.

A forensic tent has been spotted over a bench at the mound entrance of the gardens.

The National: The forensic tent has been placed over a park benchThe forensic tent has been placed over a park bench (Image: Edinburgh News)

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 3.45am on Monday, 1, May, we received a report of the serious sexual assault of a 20-year-old woman in the Princes Street Gardens area of Edinburgh. Enquires are in the early stage but are ongoing to establish the full circumstances around the incident.”

An Edinburgh Council spokesperson said: “Due to a police incident in Princes Street Gardens, the gardens are closed to the public, including the toilets.”

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