An independent investigation into the death of a man in a City Chambers toilet will be launched by Edinburgh Council.

Council leader Jane Meagher said the investigation would run concurrently with inquiries being carried out by Police Scotland, which she said the city continued to support.

Cllr Meagher and other council group leaders paid tribute to the late Sean Stephen at the first full council meeting since his death at the start of July.

On July 7, his body was discovered in an advanced state of decomposition in a toilet in the customer support hub attached to Edinburgh’s city chambers, after disappearing on July 1.

Police Scotland said in early July that they had launched an investigation after the 38-year-old’s passing, but that his death was not believed to be suspicious.

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