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| Mikaeel Kular death: Boy's mother arrested and charged | |
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| The mother of three-year-old Mikaeel Kular has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of her son after a body was found in Fife. | |
| Rosdeep Kular, 33, was detained on Friday night and has now been charged. | |
| Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham said a woman, 33, would appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday. | |
| He told a press briefing that formal identification of a body found shortly before midnight on Friday had taken place, and the investigation continued. | |
| Mikaeel was last seen at his Edinburgh home on Wednesday evening, and his disappearance prompted a major search. | |
| Earlier, hundreds of people gathered at a church close to his home for a memorial service. | |
| ACC Graham, of Police Scotland, told the briefing outside police headquarters in Edinburgh: "During the course of today the investigation into the disappearance of Mikaeel Kular has continued at pace. | |
| "Following formal identification, I can now confirm that a 33-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in connection with Mikaeel's death. | |
| "The woman is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday." | |
| He said police had received 500 calls from members of the public in relation to the boy's disappearance. | |
| The body was earlier removed from woodland behind a property in Dunvegan Avenue, Kirkcaldy, and taken away by ambulance. | |
| A house in the road was searched along with an area of woodland to the rear and side of the property. |