Crime

Edward Mountain argues the current prison should remain open even after £209m HMP Highland is finished.

The motorcyclist was snared on a Highland B-road not far from the A9, while a trio of Porsches were snared on the NC500 in Wester Ross.

Stuart Lilley (50) was using tools during his bid to get inside a property in Southside Road on July 5, last year.

A man stole quantities of booze from an Inverness supermarket to fuel his addiction.

James Lane (34) became volatile and threatening and uttered violence to police officers who had attended his address on another matter on March 11.

It’s been another busy week at Inverness Sheriff Court.

An Inverness teenager carried out two assaults on different people.

An Inverness mum who intended to deal drugs has been ordered to carry out unpaid work.

A 21-year-old Inverness man who was found by police in a public place carrying a knife will be sentenced next month.

A sex offender who failed to notify police of where he would be staying on release from remand has been fined.

Police were called to a city housing estate following a report of a man lying on a grassy area who appeared to be under the influence.

A second man has appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court in connection with the fire that destroyed several premises at Fairways Business Park in March.

A second man has been arrested and charged in connection with a major fire at the Fairways Business Park in Inverness.

Police are hunting culprits who crashed a car onto the beach beside an Inverness nature reserve then fled.

Murder detectives searching for Renee and Andrew MacRae’s bodies have confirmed that a child’s potty was the evidence item removed from beside the A9.

Tim Eagle says 113 police stations ‘are in need of repair or unfit for use’ telling John Swinney the ‘neglect must end’.

A man has appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court charged with driving a car into a city seafood shop and setting it and neighbouring premises ablaze.

A fire was set outside an Inverness flat last weekend, with detectives appealing for information.

A 34-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a wilful fireraising at Fairways Business Park in Inverness.

His defence agent said: ‘He has messed up his life but is the author of his own misfortune.’