A man has appeared in court accused of endangering the life of a parking warden in Edinburgh.
Police said emergency services attended and the warden, a 49-year-old man, was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for treatment.
The alleged incident happened on Gorgie Road at about 4.25pm on Monday.
Eamonn Gallagher, 38, of West Lothian, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday accused of assault to severe injury and danger of life.
He was also charged with threatening or abusive behaviour and possessing a blade in public.
READ MORE: Teenager arrested after death of man in Glasgow
He made no plea during the private hearing and was remanded in custody.
The firm which provides parking wardens for Edinburgh Council, NSL, said the 49-year-old who was injured is one of their employees.
A NSL spokesperson said: “We can confirm that one of our colleagues was subjected to a serious assault whilst carrying out duties as a parking attendant on behalf of The City of Edinburgh Council.
“Due to the ongoing police investigation, we are unable to provide any further details at this time.”
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article