A FURIOUS councillor has slammed online claims after a row erupted in Easter Ross over plans for houses on land that was gifted to the community.
He attacked his pensioner mother and then damaged his grandmother's home during a four-hour stand-off with armed police earlier this year.
The sheriff said: 'If the court tells you not to go near someone, you don't or you will go to jail.'
He was remanded in custody after the appearance at Inverness Sheriff Court.
A drunk Dingwall man who abused police while waiting to be sentenced for a similar offence 10 months earlier was told he was "a perennial pain".
Ross-shire man appears in court on drug supply charges.
A Ross-shire man who has served 11 prison sentences in the past six years has begun his 12th after admitting stabbing his partner on the head.
The cause of a lorry driver’s death in a crash on the A9 remains unexplained, a Fatal Accident Inquiry has heard.
Hundreds of pipers from across the world descended on the Highlands to take part in the Northern Meeting Piping Competition.
Far from showing gratitude to those trying to help, he threatened them.
Dingwall man Lewis Cameron of Deas Avenue was fined £160 at Inverness Sheriff Court after admitting possession of a class C drug.
A neighbourly dispute ended in bloodshed when one man took an axe and struck the other on the arm.
He asked his girlfriend to buy the bike so he could keep it a secret from his mum.
The abuser also set a friend's door on fire.
Police pursued a silver Seat Ibiza for over 25 miles after clocking it at 116mph on the Black Isle.
"Our hopes are slim but this case will never be considered resolved until we find Renee and Andrew," say police.
An Easter Ross man who abducted a former partner with the assistance of his new girlfriend was sentenced to the maximum 300 hours of unpaid work.
"He never left the confines of his garden, was told not to be so stupid and go back inside which he did."
A fun day and crowdfunding page have been the main sources of income for Avoch and Killen Community Council in keeping the facilities open.
Drug-driver caught by police on mobile patrol.
