Man pronounced dead at shop in Newtogrange: police enquiries 'ongoing'

Police called to Midlothian shop over report of concern for man
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Police say enquiries are ongoing into a man’s death in a shop in Midlothian.

They said they had been called to the premises in Newtongrange on Friday night and the 69-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. The death is being treated as “unexplained”.

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A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 7pm on Friday, August 18, 2023, officers were called to a report of concern for a man at a premises on Main Street, Newtongrange. Emergency services attended, and a 69-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. Enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the death, which is being treated as unexplained, are ongoing.”