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new canal-pusher-inner?

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  1. SRD
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    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburgh-crime-news-woman-cyclist-pushed-into-water-in-latest-canal-assault-3672805

    "between Colinton and Slateford"

    Sergeant Scott Walker of Edinburgh policing explained: “Officers are aware of a number of incidents between Monday, 18 April and Wednesday, 27 April, 2022 in which people have been pushed into a canal.

    “In connection with our enquiries, we are searching for a white man in his sixties with a possible tanned complexion. He is between 5ft 7in and 5ft 10in, is of medium to stocky build with grey and balding hair.

    “He was wearing dark clothing and was seen in a maroon jumper on Wednesday, 27 April.

    “There will be increased patrols in the area.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  2. jdanielp
    Member

    Uh-oh... I see that EEN helpfully added a picture of the WoL(?).

    Posted 2 years ago #

  3. Morningsider
    Member

    Police Scotland tweet says this happened near Meggetland and shows a photo of the towpath under the footbridge that links Allan Park and Craiglockhart.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  4. SRD
    Moderator

    whereas road.cc story says WoL. presumably they're using same sources?

    Posted 2 years ago #

  5. Morningsider
    Member

    road.cc state that the EEN is their source. Makes you wonder how little EEN journos actually know about Edinburgh. They can't even get the basic geography of the city right.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  6. SRD
    Moderator

    but the police quote that road.cc uses explicitly says 'Canal'.

    and a Scottish journalist too!

    Posted 2 years ago #

  7. chrisfl
    Member

    I'm *sure* that when I first read the article it was talking about WoL, which is probably what road.cc picked up, it looks like EEN then later fixed up the article.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  8. chdot
    Admin

    Still haven’t fixed the photo though.

    At first I thought that was the aqueduct hiding in the background, but looks more like Dean Village!

    Posted 2 years ago #

  9. Morningsider
    Member

    Reckon the photo is Spylaw Street in Colinton Village.

    https://goo.gl/maps/F7JUKvTq1K5DFigw7

    Posted 2 years ago #

  10. jdanielp
    Member

    That's what I was thinking (albeit wasn't very certain).

    Posted 2 years ago #

  11. Rosie
    Member

    This is covered by road cc and headlined "river" instead of "canal".

    https://road.cc/content/news/woman-cycling-edinburgh-cycle-route-pushed-river-292323

    Also it made to a Canadian cycling magazine.
    https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/female-cyclist-pushed-into-canal-in-scotland

    Posted 2 years ago #

  12. Morningsider
    Member

    Ha ha - the Canadian cycle magazine manages a more accurate article than our city's paper of record of 150 years.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  13. chdot
    Admin

    FROM THE ENEWS EDITOR

    “

    Inaccuracies are rare and always corrected. We will correct that erroneous image.

    “

    https://twitter.com/euanmc/status/1520414873649352707

    Posted 2 years ago #

  14. SRD
    Moderator

    Walking on the canal last night just east of Meggetland, we say a police officer patrolling. asked him where the incident had occurred. he said 'a bit further on from here' .

    He confirmed that there had been *two* recent incidents.

    Asked him if it was a 'new' pusher-inner (as the description seemed to suggest) and he was very cautious. Said something like 'we'll only know that if someone identifies them'.

    Posted 2 years ago #

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