Unexpected death in Oxton

We can confirm that police attended a property in Oxton following an unexpected death on Friday (6 November).

At around 5.30pm we received a report of a concern for the safety of a woman. Following enquiries, a woman in her 50s was found in the area of Arno Road in the early hours of Saturday morning. She was taken to hospital but sadly passed away later that day.

A postmortem was carried out to establish the cause of death which has been withheld pending further enquiries.

Her family are being supported by specialist officers.

As part of these enquiries, detectives have arrested a 61-year-old man in relation to her death. He has been released on conditional bail.