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Sheriff slams two men who chased teen onto station roof
Edinburgh Evening News
|May 13, 2025
Two friends who forced a teenager to jump from the roof of the Capital’s main train station where he was electrocuted have been slammed by a Sheriff.
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Leo Brown and Taylor Welsh were part of a group who chased Scott Christie onto the roof of Edinburgh's Waverley Station, leading him to fall 30 feet onto overhead lines.
Scott, 18, crashed onto rail tracks in front of a waiting train and suffered shocking injuries including second degree burns to 35 percent of his body.
This story is from the May 13, 2025 edition of Edinburgh Evening News.
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