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‘Absolutely tragic’: Shock as major police operation launched in Dundee following body find

Police sealed off part of a popular Dundee beauty spot after a body was found in a burn.

Emergency services were called to Finlathen Park in Fintry at 9.15am on Tuesday following the grim discovery.

Officers cordoned off a section of the park around the Dighty Burn just past the Finlathen Park Bridge.

Police stood guard at the cordon and at the Fintryside end of the park, in front of a block of flats where shocked residents watched events unfold.

Picture shows; Police stand in wait by the cordon on the banks of the water. Tuesday 3rd March, 2020. Mhairi Edwards/DCT Media

One neighbour said: “They have been here since 9.15. It’s scary when this kind of thing happens on your doorstep.

“I put my kids into school and came back to all this police activity.

“We were told that somebody has been pulled out of the burn but nobody is telling us what has happened.

“Our kids all play in the park so it’s frightening.”

The resident said the thoughts of the community would be with the dead person’s family, adding: “It’s absolutely tragic.”

Police at Finlathen Park, Dundee.

The body was found in the water, close to a football pitch which is just along from a mini skate park.

Police could not say if it was that of a man or a woman.

Investigations into the incident are ongoing and a section of the park remained sealed off late yesterday afternoon.

A small tent could be seen by the banks of the Dighty Burn.

It is not yet known if the death was suspicious.

A spokeswoman for the police said: “At about 9.15am this morning a body was recovered from the Dighty Burn in Fintry.

“Emergency services are at the scene.

“Inquiries are on-going to establish and confirm the identity.”

Dundee City Council workers were also present in the park on Tuesday

The Dighty Burn, which also passes through Drumgeith Park, was previously known as Scotland’s hardest working stream, with more than 30 mills using its water.

The two parks on either side of the crumbling Finlathen Park footbridge were created in place of the mills when they became derelict.