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"It is hoped that this will be his one and only time in court," said the defence solicitor.

A tourist in Inverness has been arrested following reports of shoplifting, as officers recover over £400 of stolen goods.

The 45-year-old “made a poor decision”, hears Inverness Sheriff Court.

Inverness Sheriff Court hears ‘the vehicle was too powerful for his needs’ and he has since ‘purchased something more sensible’.

The 63-year-old woman will be sentenced next month.

A man was called back to court after failing to comply with sex offender notification requirements linked to a credit card.

Our recap of the most prominent cases at Inverness Sheriff Court from the past week.

A drug addict stole charity tins in a late night break-in at a city supermarket.

A woman who went on a seven-week-long toy store shoplifting spree has been given a community payback order.

Woman threw mobile after being refused entry.

Sentencing has been deferred on a 45-year-old who admitted spitting on a man and then behaving in an abusive manner towards police.

An uninsured and unlicensed driver who was caught by police driving a van has been banned from driving for five months and fined £580.

A Sheriff has taken pity on a motor mechanic after hearing his tales of woe following his arrest last May.

The man tried to get the day off but was refused, and he got behind the wheel, only for police to be informed that he was suspected of drink driving.

"These were some of the most vicious, nasty and appalling offences I have heard in a long time involving repeated violence," sheriff says.

Painter and decorator sent menacing email, hears Inverness Sheriff Court.

A content creator held his hands around the neck of his ex-girlfriend and pushed her across the kitchen a court had been told.

Inverness Sheriff Court hears about ‘toxic relationship’.

It followed a brief encounter in Wetherspoons.

A 19-year-old has been brought to her senses by the “clang of the prison gates”, a court has heard.