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Man appears in court over 'gang feud' salon fire

Google A general view of the Belle Cheveux salon in Leith on a sunny day.Google
The Belle Cheveux salon was targeted in the fire attack on 6 March

A man has appeared in court over what is said to be a wilful fire at a beauty salon linked to an ongoing gang feud in Scotland's central belt.

Owen Logan, 26, was arrested after police raided a house in the Muirhouse Drive area of Edinburgh on Saturday.

Belle Cheveux on Albert Street, Leith, was the first building which the police think was targeted in the dispute between groups in the east and west of the country.

Logan made no plea to a single charge of wilful fire-raising on 6 March when he appeared in private before Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

A 24-year-old man was previously charged in April in connection with the fire and a separate attack on a property in Milton Road East on 16 March.

Logan was remanded in custody ahead of another appearance within the next eight days.

More than 40 people have now been arrested in connection with the ongoing feud, which police believe is related to two groups deliberately targeting each other.