19 May 2023 , 09:30
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A mum hailed as a “lovely lassie” has been found dead in a street outside a charity shop.
Named locally as Danielle Davidson, 33, she was found in Constitution Street on Thursday night and taken to Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where she later died of "serious" injuries.
Emergency services were called to the scene outside a British Heart Foundation charity shop and the Foot of the Walk pub at around 8pm following reports of an incident.
Eyewitnesses saw forensic officers in white scene of crime overalls on the scene and police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection to the incident.
One told Daily Record: “I passed by five minutes ago and saw five marked police cars, two unmarked and forensics were getting suited or unsuited.
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Emergency services were called to Constitution Street last night at around 8pm (Supplied)“Constitution Street is taped off and there were white sheets on the tram line."
Tributes have been paid to her by friends and family online, who hailed her as a "fighter" and a "lovely lassie".
One relative wrote: "Life's so cruel; you were a fighter; you don't deserve this; not everyone understood you - but those in your life did - now you’re gone."
Another said: "Rest in peace cuz! You will always be loved and never forgotten."
Another friend said: "Can’t believe this. Such a lovely lassie, life's so cruel. Thinking of u all."
While another pal wrote: "No way. She truly was a trooper."
A spokesman for Police Scotland said: “Around 7.50 pm on Thursday, 18 May, 2023 we received a report of a disturbance at Constitution Street, Edinburgh.
“A 33-year-old woman was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with serious injuries and died a short time later.
"A 16-year-old male youth has been arrested in connection with the death. Enquiries are ongoing.”