"Following receipt of the police report into the circumstances of the death of Rory Blackhall, the Procurator Fiscal at Linlithgow can confirm at this stage that the available evidence would have been sufficient to charge Simon Harris with the murder of Rory Blackhall.

"The Procurator Fiscal has also confirmed that there is no evidence to implicate anyone else in this case.

"The Crown's investigation of the whole circumstances of Rory's death continues. While we can give no firm timescale for the conclusion of this investigation, which clearly requires to be thorough, it is also understood that it is in the interests of Rory's family and in the wider public interest that this be concluded as quickly as possible. The Procurator Fiscal remains in contact with next of kin."

A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We welcome the Procurator Fiscal’s findings as a result of the detailed and thorough reports we submitted in relation to the murder of Rory Blackhall and death of Simon Harris.