{"id":726413,"date":"2026-08-03T18:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/726413\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:04:09","slug":"police-scotland-update-after-9-year-olds-death-in-arbroath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/726413\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Scotland update after 9-year-old&#8217;s death in Arbroath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  At around 12.02am on Monday, August 3, the nine-year-old girl was found at the Elliot Industrial Estate and was taken to Ninewells Hospital in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/local-news\/dundee-news\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dundee<\/a>, where she later died.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Her death is being treated as suspicious, and a 35-year-old white British man has been arrested. The nine-year-old girl and the 35-year-old man are known to each other.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/26431134.reform-uk-deputy-leader-richard-tice-investigation-israel-debate\/?ref=ed_latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice under investigation over &#8216;Israel debate&#8217;<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The other members of the family, from West Yorkshire, who were camping in the area, are being supported by specialist officers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Officers have said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with her death.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The update comes after far-right agitator Tommy Robinson shared a video of the incident, leading to online speculation of the man&#8217;s racial background. His post has been seen more than 80,000 times in just over an hour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Detective Inspector Mike Ness of the major investigation team said: \u201cOur thoughts remain with those affected by these events.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cMembers of the public will see an increased police presence and activity in the area as enquiries continue.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This is intended to reassure the public and anyone who may have information should approach these officers or contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/topics\/police-scotland\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Police Scotland<\/a> on 101, quoting incident number 0008 of Monday, August 3 2026.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Flowers left at the industrial estate in Arbroath (Image: PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  At the industrial estate on Monday, a blue forensic tent was set up on a grassy verge outside Halliburton Arbroath manufacturing facility.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The area was taped off, with two police vehicles still at the scene and officers guarding the area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Flowers were placed on the grass near the police cordon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Lois Speed, who is a councillor for Arbroath East and Lunan, posted on social media, saying the news was \u201cheartbreaking\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She later told the press she wished to \u201cexpress the shock within the community this morning\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/26432376.bbc-scotland-presenters-defend-coverage-commonwealth-games\/?ref=ed_latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC Scotland presenters defend coverage of Commonwealth Games<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Speed said: \u201cReally just my thoughts are with the little girl and her family, and those closely affected.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI don\u2019t have much more that I can add or say, other just than express the shock and sympathies with everyone.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dawn Reid, who is from Arbroath, went to the industrial estate on Monday to lay flowers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She said: \u201cWe\u2019re quite devastated by the news. Our kids are just not safe anywhere, it\u2019s just heartbreaking.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She continued: \u201cI just wish them all the best. She\u2019s got a long road ahead of her that poor mum.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cDevastated for her, there\u2019s no need for it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At around 12.02am on Monday, August 3, the nine-year-old girl was found at the Elliot Industrial Estate and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-726413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}