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Mike McQuaid

Edinburgh property consultant escapes prosecution after 'threatening church neighbours'

An Edinburgh property ­consultant has escaped prosecution after claims he threatened workers at a church building.

Police removed a shotgun from Matthew Munro’s home after a complaint about his behaviour. The former soldier was reported to the procurator fiscal but it has now emerged he won’t face court and has instead accepted an ­alternative to prosecution, reports the Sunday Mail.

Munro, 67, is a residential property consultant with estate agents Simpson and Marwick in Edinburgh. He allegedly confronted Church of Scotland workers at a church building – the Session House – that adjoins Munro’s home in Fala ­Midlothian. A source said: “The work had been talked through beforehand with Munro’s wife.

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