Death row Richey arrested in city

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Kenny Richey, the Scot freed from death row in America earlier this year, has been detained by the police after an incident in Edinburgh.

Lothian and Borders police said a 43-year-old man was in custody after an incident in Orwell Terrace.

Police would not comment on the nature of the incident but one report said streets were cordoned off and a man was on the roof of a building.

Police said no-one was hurt. Richey is expected to appear in court on Monday.

Kenny Richey spent more than two decades in a US jail awaiting execution.

He was released at the start of the year after agreeing a deal with the US authorities.

Richey was originally convicted of starting a fire that killed a two-year-old girl in Ohio and always maintained his innocence.

After his release, he returned to Scotland, where he had lived as a child.

Earlier this year it emerged that Richey had mouth cancer and was due to have a malignant growth removed from inside his cheek.