Police treat Armadale death as suspicious

The death of a 67-year-old man at his home in West Lothian is being treated as suspicious by police.

The man's body was found in his house in Mayfield Drive in Armadale just after 21:00 on Saturday.

A post-mortem examination is due to take place to find out how he died. Police are appealing for witnesses.

Det Insp Stuart Houston, of Lothian and Borders Police, said anyone who saw anything suspicious from Wednesday to Saturday should contact the police.

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