Mum's visits to tragic son

THE mother of a man who died in hospital six weeks after being assaulted in his Fountainbridge flat has spoken of visiting him in intensive care.

Mark Cochrane was seriously injured in an attack at his home in Upper Grove Place on Friday, February 18, but did not seek medical help for nine days.

The 37-year-old passed away at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on March 30.

His mother, Isabella Buchanan, 69, said she had not seen Mr Cochrane since the death of her younger son, John Cochrane, from liver failure on November 20, 2009, aged just 31.

The pensioner spent the weeks visiting Mark in the intensive care unit. She said: "He couldn't speak but was eventually able to signal to us."

A 29-year-old man has been charged in connection with an assault on Mr Cochrane.