THE body of a 34-year-old man has been discovered in the garden of a house in Tranent.

Police confirmed they were called to the address on Coal Neuk Corner on Friday evening.

The death is being described as unexplained and a report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal. Several sources in the town named the deceased as George Thomson.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police were called to an address in Coal Neuk Corner, Tranent, around 6.10pm on Friday, November 10, after the body of a 34-year-old man was sadly discovered.

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