A MAN who wasted police time by falsely claiming to have murdered someone has avoided jail because he admitted his guilt at the earliest opportunity.
A MOTORIST has been fined £420 and banned from driving for a year after admitting driving while unfit through drink or drugs.
A taxi driver was called an offensive name by a drunk Alness woman who had fallen out with an intoxicated friend in the vehicle.
A construction worker who drove in Ross-shire with an unsafe amount of cannabis in his system was fined £520 and banned from driving for a year.
Four motorists who drove high-performance cars at almost 100mph on a scenic Ross-shire road have been banned from driving.
A Kyle of Lochalsh man with a drug problem who spat at police promised a sheriff he would go into rehabilitation to avoid a jail sentence.
Last month, Sheriff Eilidh Macdonald deferred sentence on Cornelius Stevenson (34) because she was concerned about his behaviour.
The chief executive of Hial and others warned they had suffered 'eye-watering' losses over the pandemic
AN Easter Ross man who was found by police in an Inverness house with over £35,000 worth of cocaine was jailed for 21 months on Friday.
An Alness labourer who bit off a part of a friend’s ear was spared a jail sentence at Inverness Sheriff Court.
A brawl in a Dingwall bar left one man with a double fracture of his jaw.
A 19-year-old man has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court, accused of attempted murder and four other charges.
As well as being banned from keeping dogs for five years the woman was also ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.
Police stopped a van driver on the A9 near Inverness in the early morning and smelt cannabis from the vehicle.
An east European who has lived in this country for 16 years became homeless because Brexit meant he had difficulty attaining status to live in the UK.
A 36-year-old man moved out of his parents' home because it had become "unworkable", Inverness Sheriff Court was told.
A man has been charged with assault with intent to rape.
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A police constable got burger spat in her face as she arrested a man for causing a disturbance outside his parents' home.
A Ross-shire man had part of his ear bitten off during a struggle with an Alness labourer in a local shop car park.
