Police have made an arrest after a man plunged to his death while climbing from a fourth-floor flat using a set of knotted sheets.

Scott Allison, 35, was almost at the bottom of the high-rise Cobbinshaw house in Edinburgh 's Calder area when he fell.

Police and paramedics raced to the scene when they received calls from the members of the public and found Scott seriously injured.

He was rushed to Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary but later died from his injuries.

A witness, who asked not to be named, said: "I was just across the road. It was awful. He was hanging on then just fell'

It's understood Scott lived locally but it's not clear if the flat he was in was his own or belonged to someone else.

Police on the scene at Cobbinshaw House where a man fell to his death

A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.

A spokesperson said: "Police in Edinburgh investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 35-year-old man in the west of the city have arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with the incident.

"Officers and emergency services were called to Cobbinshaw House South at around 2.05pm on Thursday 18 April following a report of a man having fallen from a fourth floor window. He was taken to hospital where he died a short time later.

"The death is currently being treated as unexplained and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.

"Inquiries remain ongoing."