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Edinburgh Live
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Kris Gourlay

Edinburgh mum claims she couldn't get help finding missing son 'as it was a weekend'

An Edinburgh mum whose vulnerable son went missing after using his Young Scot card to board several buses has hit out after being told his card could not be tracked on a weekend.

Sarah Dwyer's son Danny recently went missing from Niddrie after failing to come home following a trip to the local library. After six days he was finally traced as far as the Highlands.

With friends and family beside themselves searching the local area, Sarah claims she was informed that the Scot Pass data used to track the activity of Young Scot cards was 'inaccessible over the weekend'.

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