Teenager arrested after mass rammy outside Livingston shopping centre

Daily Record

04-05-2025

Images and video shared on social media showed a gang of youths dressed in black outside the retail outlet.
A teenage boy has been charged following a mass rammy outside a shopping centre in Livingston.
Emergency services were called to Almondvale Retail Park in Livingston on May 2 after a mass gang of youths were allegedly fighting in the street.
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Images taken from the scene showed four police vehicles and an ambulance at the retail park. A large group of youths dressed in black could also be seen in the street.
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A video later shared on social media showed a man kneeling on the ground while several people were heard shouting 'come on'.
Another image showed three police officers on top of a person while restraining them.
It came an hour before the last league game of the season that saw Livingston take on Partick Thistle at the Home of the Set Fare Arena just minutes from the shopping centre where they lost 1-0.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: "At 6.50pm on Friday, 2 May 2025 we received a report of a disturbance at Almondvale Way, Livingston.
"A 16-year-old male youth charged in connection and will be reported to the relevant authorities. Enquiries are ongoing."
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The incident comes following a fatal collision involving two cars and a bicycle on a country road outside Edinburgh.
A blue Skoda Octavia car, a black Mercedes Vito taxi and a bicycle were involved in the fatal crash on the A70 near Kirknewton at around 11.30pm on May 2.
Emergency services including police and ambulances rushed to the scene.
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The 46-year-old driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene. The taxi driver was taken to hospital and later discharged. The cyclist did not require medical treatment.
Traffic cops closed the road to carry out full investigation work and it re-opened around 9am on Saturday, 3 May. Cops are now keen to speak to a second taxi driver who was reportedly at the scene.
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Sergeant Grant Hastie said: "Our thoughts are with the family of the man who has died. Our enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances and we are asking anyone who saw what happened to get in touch.
"We are particularly keen to trace a second taxi driver who may have witnessed this crash. Anyone with relevant dash-cam footage is also asked to contact police."
If you can help please call Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 4689 of Friday, 2 May, 2025. It is the second fatal crash on A70 after a cyclist died just eight hours earlier.
Around seven miles down the road near West Calder, a man was killed in a crash involving a van. Emergency services were called to reports of a road traffic collision on the A70 near Harburn shortly before 9am on Friday, May 2.
A 65-year-old male cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed. The road was closed for six hours to allow for investigations to take place and re-opened around 3.30pm.