Ex-firefighter facing trial over his wife's murder in Melrose is found dead
Retired firefighter David Thomson, was charged with the murder of his 70-year-old wife Eileen after she died nine days after an incident at their home in Priorwood Court, a sheltered housing complex in Melrose, in April.
He was out on bail when he was discovered dead at a house in Edinburgh last week.
He was due to stand trial for his wife’s murder next year.
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Hide AdA police spokesman told us: “Police were called to an address in Shandon Place in Edinburgh at about 7am on Monday [November 13] following the sudden death of a man in his 60s.
“The death is being treated as unexplained, but not suspicious, and a report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal.”