Man in court accused of murder on Orkney
A man has appeared in court charged with murder following a sudden death on one of the Orkney islands at the weekend.
Police Scotland officers were called to an address in St Margaret’s Hope, South Ronaldsay, early on Sunday morning.
A 21-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 7.30 and another man, aged 49, was arrested.
Erland Fraser, 49, made a brief appearance at Kirkwall Sheriff Court where he made no plea to a single charge of murder and was remanded in custody.