Crowd looks on as man at window threatens to jump
Hundreds of onlookers gathered to watch the man last night at around 6pm as he balanced himself on the ledge of a balcony, while three police officers on the balcony below tried to coax him back.
The crowd was moved back by a police cordon and the road was closed off. After a tense hour of negotiations the man pulled himself back over the balcony and went back inside the flat.
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Hide AdA police spokesman said: "Following an incident at Birnies Court, Edinburgh, a 57-year-old man was safely removed from the balcony of the seventh floor. He was taken by ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh suffering from hypothermia."