The Scotsman

Man charged over memorial damage

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A 46-year-old man has been charged after a memorial to a former junior footballer killed a year ago was destroyed.

Flowers, balloons and a banner had marked the site where Shaun Woodburn was attacked in Edinburgh’s Leith area on 1 January last year.

The father-of-one, 30, was found injured in the early hours and died later. His killer, who cannot be named, was jailed for four years.

The tribute to commemorat­e the one-year anniversar­y of Mr Woodburn’s death was destroyed on Tuesday.

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