Police recover getaway car after axe attack

Police have recovered the stolen getaway car used by two men who attacked a man with an axe in his home.

The 45-year- old was in his flat in Dud ding st on Row, Edinburgh, when two men wearing black balaclavas forced their way in at around 10.10pm on Tuesday 30 April. He was hit on the ankle with an axe, suffering serious injury, and was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment.

A red Honda CRV, bearing the false registration plate YH13 JCJ, was later found burnt-out in Gilmerton Dykes.