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Iona Young

Edinburgh OAP 'scared to leave home' due to dodgy groups on his doorstep

An Edinburgh OAP says he is 'afraid to leave his own home' due to drug users congregating on his doorstep.

Robert Thorpe, 65, has lived at the Tollcross property for around seven years, and had to wait five of those to have a ramp fitted.

The retiree says the stairway and communal areas of his housing are rife with substance abuse and anti-social behaviour, leaving him housebound.

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