Woman, 40, charged over death of man in flat
Emergency services were called to reports of a 42-year-old found seriously injured at a property on Glenmuir Place around 8.10pm on July 5.
Mark Blackwood was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said that a 40-year-old woman arrested on Thursday in connection with the death has now been charged.
She will appear in court in due course.
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