POLICE are unsure if anyone will be charged in the death of pensioner Doodhani “Mary” Sooknanan, who neighbours believe was dead for weeks before her decomposing body was found in her Edinburgh 500 home on Thursday. At the time, two female relatives were in the house.

Neighbours said they last saw Sooknanan alive a few days before Christmas Day when she was seen carrying a bag of garbage to a bin on the street corner.

A resident said the 74-year-old woman fell and hit her head while walking to the bin, and initially refused anyone’s help.