A woman was assaulted by her partner several times despite him being banned from approaching or contacting her by a court order.
A motorist found slumped in his car holding a syringe of methodone was fined for being in charge of a vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs.
A tree surgeon was "obsessed" with growing the perfect cannabis after one of his two customers praised him for the quality.
A New Year's Day drink-driver who was four times the legal limit and disqualified was put off the road for five years at Wick Sheriff Court.
An Easter Ross man with several convictions for stalking ex-partners and domestic abuse was told he is 'on the knife-edge' of a prison sentence.
She made clear: "Given your previous conviction and the disgraceful background to these offences, only a custodial sentence is appropriate."
Money was paid into the account of a fictitious employee and the cash then split between the pair, Highland court told.
He will appear again in the next eight days.
A motorist claimed to police he had smashed his car in Wester Ross after he had swerved to avoid a deer.
A 79-year-old woman was pushed to the floor when she intervened to stop a man viciously assaulting her daughter.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard: "He was dealing with a number of matters at the time and his car added to his list of woes."
The victim of a vicious Alness assault by a man and a woman was able to identify his attackers leading to their arrest shortly afterwards.
A Romanian citizen staying in Dingwall claimed he met an Albanian stranger in an Edinburgh bar who paid him £200 a day to sell drugs in the Highlands.
Two Ross-shire men who injured each other with a bottle in a street brawl reconciled when they found themselves in the same wing of Inverness prison.
Jason Webber spotted the convoy behind him and swerved repeatedly on to the opposite carriageway to prevent them passing him.
Inverness Sheriff Court hears woman just home after giving birth to first child, was confronted by abusive and threatening man.
An alert was raised at 9.50am.
The victim of a vicious Easter Ross assault by a man and a woman was able to identify his attackers leading to their arrest shortly afterwards.
An electricity company technician was under stress on returning from a 97 hour week and briefly turned to alcohol as his marriage was also in trouble.
His defence agent begged for clemency and said the roofer was at a crossroads in his life.
