Lifeboat crews confirmed they were called to the scene shortly after 6pm on Monday night. Sign up for Edinburgh Live newsletters for more headlines straight to your inbox Margaret Mackenzie said: “Such a delightful young girl, taken too soon.” “My condolences to Debbie and family can’t imagine how you all feeling. Heaven has gained a beautiful angel you have always been in my thoughts. The teen was described as a “sweet shy girl” by her mum, Deb Jo.ĭominic’s brother, Liam wrote on Facebook: “She was my sister, I thought her and my brother would be together forever, it breaks me to think how he must be feeling, if I lost the girl I loved I wouldn’t want to live any more.”įriend Mary Dasent wrote: “Alesha, I never got to see you grow up to be the beautiful girl you turned out to be. Tributes to Alesha have been posted across social media. The family quite rightly just want to know how this has happened and we are making every effort to ensure we can provide them with answers.” 'We know Alesha spoke to her mum just a few hours before and was her usual self, there was nothing in her manner to suggest anything of concern. We have been canvassing for witnesses in the area at the time and will be tracing anyone who may have seen anything relevant to our investigation. Police said: “We want to speak to Mr Long to establish the circumstances leading up to the fall. They aim to establish what caused the pair to fall from Victoria Walk, a beauty spot. READ MORE: Fuming Edinburgh man misses out on 'rare' holiday as flight hooked hour before take-offĪlesha’s death is being treated as “unexplained” but police sources said officers are hoping to speak to Dominic, who is understood to have suffered a broken shoulder and other injuries, as soon as possible. It is understood he is in a critical condition report the Record.

An air ambulance and coastguard crews attended but the 18-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.ĭominic Long, who was with her, is being treated in Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. Police are now investigating the death of a teenage girl who fell 50ft from a cliff and are waiting to question her boyfriend, who is critically ill in hospital.Īlesha Wright died after the incident in Thurso, Caithness, on Monday July 11 which also left her 26-year-old partner with serious injuries.

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