Crime

A PRISONER locked up for seven-and half years for attempted murder is jailed for 30 months for being concerned in the supply of £44k of class A drugs.

Scammers are writing to people claiming they are due a council tax refund or can have their council tax band reassessed upon payment of £150.

AN EMOTIONAL tribute has been paid to an 83-year-old great-grandfather who was killed following an incident in New Elgin on Monday morning.

POLICE have confirmed that a pensioner has died following an attack in woods in Elgin.

Police have said the body of a 63-year-old man was found in Virginia Terrace, Nairn shortly before 7am.

Motorists in the Highlands are facing the possibility of roadside drug tests as Scotland gets tougher on drug-driving.

POLICE are investigating after three vehicles were destroyed by fire in Inverness.

A detective leading the war on drugs in the Highlands has lifted the lid on the worrying tactics being used by ruthless drugs gangs.

NSPCC Scotland said the killing was "truly shocking" after Tomas Haining was sentenced to eight years imprisonment today.

Sentencing him to eight years a judge told Thomas Haining no term he could impose would repair the damage he had done.

Thomas Haining, who admitted shaking his 23-day-old baby girl to death, has been sentenced to eight years at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Thomas Haining is set to be sentenced after admitting at the High Court in Edinburgh to killing his daughter, Mikayla.

SEIZURES of weapons and class A drugs have soared at Inverness Prison, according to figures received by the Highland News.

AN 18-year-old man has been charged after a skate and bike park was damaged by fire in the early hours of Saturday, police have confirmed.

SIX members of a gang who planned to flood Inverness with drugs were today jailed for a total of 25 years – thanks partly to tip-offs to the police.

A GANG who planned to flood Inverness with more than £600,000 of heroin, cocaine and Etizolam has been sentenced to 25 years collectively in prison.

A DRIVER killed a friend in a horror smash having earlier gone at speeds of 125mph.

Police are urging people to be on guard while using cash machines after a distraction theft in Inverness city centre.

A PROJECT to help reduce crime in Inverness has secured funding.

More than 70 taxis and private hire cars have been stopped and checked during a joint operation by Police Scotland and trading standards.