Man charged over fires at Sikh temple and Methodist Church Published duration 29 August 2018

image caption The incident happened at the Guru Nanak Gurdwara Sahib in Leith in the early hours of Monday

A man has been charged in connection with suspicious fires at a Sikh temple and a Methodist church in Edinburgh which were started on the same day.

The incident at the Guru Nanak Gurdwara Sahib on Sheriff Brae, Leith, happened shortly after 05:00 on Tuesday.

Police have now confirmed the same man is accused of a second suspicious fire, at the Methodist Church in Junction Place, which was discovered at 07:00

The 49-year-old will appear before Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday.