FRIENDS and family paid tributes to "one of life's really good guys" who died after being hit by a car while walking home from a Christmas night out.
Gavin Fulton, 43, from Edinburgh, was struck by a vehicle as he headed home in the early hours of Saturday morning after a social gathering with former colleagues in Edinburgh.
Yesterday, a man appeared on petition at Edinburgh Sheriff Court charged with causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs. Keith McCardle, 50, from Musselburgh, made no plea or declaration and has been released on bail.
Lothian and Borders Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses following the collision.
Mr Fulton was allegedly hit in Dundas Street, close to the junction with Heriot Row, at around 1.20am.
Friends have paid tribute to the keen squash player, marking the spot where he was knocked down with a whitewashed racquet "as a mark of respect and to recognise his achievement and friendship".
His father, Bill Fulton, said: "Gavin lived for his family. He was much loved. We will all miss him very much."
His wife, Jill, said: "Mia, Faye and I, along with Gavin's family, are devastated.
"We have lost the most amazing husband, father, son and brother."
Mrs Fulton, 41, and children Mia, 12, and Faye, 10, live in the Bellevue area of the city. The former Broughton High School pupil was an electronics engineer with Selex Galileo and previously worked for many years with Hewlett-Packard and then Agilent Technologies.
He was with friends from Hewlett-Packard on a pre- Christmas night out and was hit by a car while walking home to his family.
In their tribute, the Fulton family said they had spent all of their summer vacations since Mia and Faye were born on Gigha, an island they loved.
The family said Mr Fulton drank very little, didn't smoke, and loved sport and the outdoors, playing squash with Faye and taking her and Mia to their sporting activities.
On Friday, just hours before he was hit, he had won his squash league at Grange Squash Club.
On the morning he died he was due to take Faye and Mia to compete in the Inver- leith Swimming Club championships.
Mr Fulton was also a poolside timekeeper for the club. The family said the championships went ahead, as Mr Fulton would have wanted. From now on, the event will be known as "Gavin's Gala".
His friends and neighbours plan to plant a tree in his memory in Inverleith Park, where he walked his two dogs for many years and did the Christmas holly run to distribute it to neighbours.
Mr Fulton's parents, Bill and Alison, are from Blackhall, Edinburgh and his sister Tina lives in Linlithgow.
Lothian and Borders Police said officers are particularly keen to trace a man who was wearing a mustard-coloured jacket or shirt who was seen in the area around the time of the collision.
Mia, Faye and I, along with Gavin's family, are devastated. We have lost the most amazing husband, father, son and brother
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