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‘You are 50 and need to sort yourself out’ – sheriff’s message to abusive man after couple’s Inverness trip turns sour

23 March 2025
‘You are 50 and need to sort yourself out’ – sheriff’s message to abusive man after couple’s Inverness trip turns sour

‘You are 50 and need to sort yourself out’ – sheriff’s message to abusive man after couple’s Inverness trip turns sour

23 March 2025

A Wick couple’s weekend visit to Inverness proved to be more expensive than one of them had expected.


Work order for Nairn drink-driver caught with knuckleduster near Spittal

21 February 2025
Work order for Nairn drink-driver caught with knuckleduster near Spittal

Work order for Nairn drink-driver caught with knuckleduster near Spittal

21 February 2025

A man who admitted drink-driving and being in possession of a knuckleduster in Caithness has been ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work.


Inverness to Wick bus passenger attacked by man just out of jail

07 February 2025
Inverness to Wick bus passenger attacked by man just out of jail

Inverness to Wick bus passenger attacked by man just out of jail

07 February 2025

A man travelling on the Inverness-Wick bus service was subjected to an unprovoked attack by a drunken fellow passenger – just out of prison.


Nairn drink-driver found with knuckle-duster in Caithness

29 January 2025
Nairn drink-driver found with knuckle-duster in Caithness

Nairn drink-driver found with knuckle-duster in Caithness

29 January 2025

A Nairn man has admitted drink-driving and being in possession of a knuckle duster.


Man jailed for theft of building equipment

08 October 2024
Man jailed for theft of building equipment

Man jailed for theft of building equipment

08 October 2024

A man has been jailed for eight months for his part in the theft of two items of building equipment.


Inverness driver careered through Wick at 50mph trying to evade police

03 October 2024
Inverness driver careered through Wick at 50mph trying to evade police

Inverness driver careered through Wick at 50mph trying to evade police

03 October 2024

A dangerous driver who careered through streets in Wick has avoided a prison term.


Wick man attacked ‘fiancée’ in Inverness after she asked when he was leaving his wife

24 September 2024
Wick man attacked ‘fiancée’ in Inverness after she asked when he was leaving his wife

Wick man attacked ‘fiancée’ in Inverness after she asked when he was leaving his wife

24 September 2024

A married Caithness man who was living two lives seriously assaulted one of his partners – because she wanted to know when he was leaving his wife.


Highland man guilty of raping child as part of sexual offending over 43 years

09 September 2024
Highland man guilty of raping child as part of sexual offending over 43 years

Highland man guilty of raping child as part of sexual offending over 43 years

09 September 2024

A 71-year-old man subjected five young victims to serious sexual abuse including the rape of a child in a campaign of depravity.


Man avoids prison over £10,000 cocaine haul in Inverness

03 July 2024
Man avoids prison over £10,000 cocaine haul in Inverness

Man avoids prison over £10,000 cocaine haul in Inverness

03 July 2024

A man has avoided a prison sentence after a police raid seized cocaine worth more than £10,000 from a house in Inverness.


Detention for Caithness youth who racked up offences in Inverness and Dingwall

19 May 2024
Detention for Caithness youth who racked up offences in Inverness and Dingwall

Detention for Caithness youth who racked up offences in Inverness and Dingwall

19 May 2024

A teenager who absconded from his care home and embarked on a crime spree was sent to detention for 20 months at Inverness Sheriff Court.


‘I very much wish to impose a prison sentence’ Highland sheriff tells paedophile

16 May 2024
‘I very much wish to impose a prison sentence’ Highland sheriff tells paedophile

‘I very much wish to impose a prison sentence’ Highland sheriff tells paedophile

16 May 2024

A sheriff had to leave the bench and compose herself before sentencing a Ross-shire paedophile for offences that "plumbed the depths of depravity."


Second dangerous driving charge in a month for young motorcyclist chased through Inverness

12 May 2024
Second dangerous driving charge in a month for young motorcyclist chased through Inverness

Second dangerous driving charge in a month for young motorcyclist chased through Inverness

12 May 2024

Police were involved in a high speed chase with a motorcyclist for several miles through Inverness.


Polish mother assaulted in Inverness during search for child’s sweets

11 May 2024
Polish mother assaulted in Inverness during search for child’s sweets

Polish mother assaulted in Inverness during search for child’s sweets

11 May 2024

A mother in search of her child's sweets was assaulted and racially abused when she asked two women if they had seen them.


Tree planter found driving over cannabis limit on Inverness road

11 May 2024
Tree planter found driving over cannabis limit on Inverness road

Tree planter found driving over cannabis limit on Inverness road

11 May 2024

A self employed tree planter was fined £640 and banned from driving for a year after admitting driving with an unsafe level of cannabis in his system.


Boy suffered collapsed lung after Inverness knife attack

09 May 2024
Boy suffered collapsed lung after Inverness knife attack

Boy suffered collapsed lung after Inverness knife attack

09 May 2024

An armed attacker who wounded two teenagers at a canal footpath after he was freed on bail has been warned he faces a lengthy jail sentence.


Man appears in court following A9 ‘wrong way’ driving incident on Kessock Bridge

09 May 2024
Man appears in court following A9 ‘wrong way’ driving incident on Kessock Bridge

Man appears in court following A9 ‘wrong way’ driving incident on Kessock Bridge

09 May 2024

A 49-year-old man has appeared in court in connection with an incident involving a van that drove on the wrong side of the A9 at the Kessock Bridge.


Police called to Inverness car park over shotgun fears

08 May 2024
Police called to Inverness car park over shotgun fears

Police called to Inverness car park over shotgun fears

08 May 2024

Police were called to a multi-storey car park after reports that a Nairn man had a shotgun.


Teenager found in Inverness with £4500 of heroin and cocaine

07 May 2024
Teenager found in Inverness with £4500 of heroin and cocaine

Teenager found in Inverness with £4500 of heroin and cocaine

07 May 2024

A Merseyside teenager arrested in Inverness whilst in possession of Class A drugs worth over £4500 and £1000 in cash was shown mercy by a sheriff.


‘Suspicious’ Inverness man found with knife

05 May 2024
‘Suspicious’ Inverness man found with knife

‘Suspicious’ Inverness man found with knife

05 May 2024

Police were suspicious of a 44 year old Inverness man walking through a city housing estate and stopped to question him.


Man lashed out in Inverness in bid to get sent to jail

05 May 2024
Man lashed out in Inverness in bid to get sent to jail

Man lashed out in Inverness in bid to get sent to jail

05 May 2024

A homeless man wanted to go back to jail because he had nowhere else to go so created a disturbance in a hospital and assaulted shop staff.


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