A teenager who absconded from his care home and embarked on a crime spree was sent to detention for 20 months at Inverness Sheriff Court.
A sheriff had to leave the bench and compose herself before sentencing a Ross-shire paedophile for offences that "plumbed the depths of depravity."
A 49-year-old man has appeared in court in connection with an incident involving a van that drove on the wrong side of the A9 at the Kessock Bridge.
The tradesman was fined and banned from driving.
A 37-year-old man who punched, slapped and kicked his autistic victim in a Wester Ross attack has been ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work.
Sherry verbally abused two women with jealousy a factor in both outbursts, the Highland court was told.
A motorist tried to dispose of a Class A drug by grinding it into the floor of his car after police stopped him near Evanton.
A tirade of abuse was directed at police when they were called to a Dornoch housing estate to deal with a possible disturbance.
The court heard it was not a one-way offence.
Hamish Towler was due to go on trial today following the death of John Birrell.
A man convicted of historic child abuse has been jailed for 18 months.
An unlicensed and uninsured teenager committed seven road traffic offences in two weeks including one of driving dangerously at over 100mph on the A9.
A Dingwall man was over five times the legal drink drive limit when he drove a short distance to buy more alcohol from a local store.
A support worker defrauded a college for young adults with additional needs of over £1600 by failing to carry out work for which he had invoiced.
The man turned up twice with the weapon before police were called.
Police were called to deal with a drunk man who caused a disturbance at a Dingwall property
An Easter Ross sex predator has been locked up for 18 months after conviction earlier this year.
The man accused of murdering Renee MacRae and their son Andrew confessed to killing her to his handyman – and then retracted it immediately.
A Ross-shire driver who started to overtake a lorry in the path of an oncoming vehicle was fined £200 at Wick Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
Christopher Andrews (27), Abbotshaven, was the subject of a a non-harassment order preventing him from contacting the woman.