A Strathpeffer man will be assessed for a drug treatment and testing order assessment after admitting four offences within the space of two years.
Drugs played a key role in a brutal street assault in Wick by two men and a woman which left their victim with several facial fractures.
An employee of a popular takeaway broke into the shop where he worked to steal £20 for a taxi.
A Skye man has made a second private appearance at Inverness Sheriff Court on a total of four charges, including one of murdering his brother-in-law.
A former participant on the Jeremy Kyle Show was facing a lengthy jail sentence today after committing a series of rapes on women and teenagers.
A row over his family's eating habits and the purchase of some cakes led to a teenager slashing his older brother on the head.
A labourer was stopped by police in his car as he drove at excessive speed through a Ross-shire village.
A man has been spared jail after stealing around £400 worth of alcohol during two brazen blitzes on the same supermarket.
Finlay MacDonald (39) appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court.
The man was caught driving at nearly 120mph.
A FORTROSE man who was living a chaotic lifestyle during the pandemic has narrowly avoided being locked up for a string of offences.
A total of 35 drug deaths were recorded compared with 33 in 2020.
Sentence has been deferred on a Dingwall man who admitted seriously assaulting a teenager then struggling with police officers.
A MOTORIST was found to be twice the legal drink-drive limit when police stopped him on the A9 the morning after he had been drinking.
A ROSS man will be sentenced next month after threatening to set his dog on police officers.
A 24-year-old man will be sentenced next month after throwing a TV from a third-floor window and also admitting threatening behaviour.
A roofer from Ross-shire has had two air pistols confiscated and has been fined £370 after being caught without the necessary paperwork for them.
A joiner has been disqualified from driving for three years after admitting driving while under the influence of cannabis.
A Ross-shire woman whose dog bit a postman has avoided punishment.
A Muir of Ord man who has a previous drink-driving conviction was stopped three times by police and twice tested positive for having consumed cocaine.
