Courts

A 60-year-old Wester Ross man who drove while drunk for the fourth time has escaped a jail sentence.

An Alness man who plunged the head of his 72-year-old victim into a basin of water several times was jailed for 21 months.

Alastair Nicolson was found guilty of a catalogue of offences following a trial at the High Court in Inverness on May 22, 2024.

A drunk-driver terrorised a woman motorist he mistook for his wife by driving up and down the A9 and ramming her on the Kessock Bridge.

Sheriff Sara Matheson told Michael Anderson it was her public duty to severely deal with such incidents as this committed at a family music event.

A retired policeman's son assaulted one of his dad's former colleagues when they tried to arrest him on Boxing Day.

A 32-year-old motorist confessed her horror to a sheriff after she found herself in the dock for a second time in two years to admit drug-driving.

Jail sentence for duo recruited by serious organised crime gang.

Sheriff told attacker only reason he’s not in prison is that “penny seemed to drop”.

A motorcyclist killed in a three-vehicle crash on the A9 at the weekend has been named by police.

A 44-year-old Easter Ross man was caught with indecent images of children for a second time when police raided his home.

A Muir of Ord man who committed two offences of drug driving and had a similar previous conviction will be sentenced next month.

A motor cyclist who drove too fast made a sheriff furious after he heard of the high speed chase by police for several miles through Inverness.

“He should have known better," Inverness Sheriff Court heard.

A teenager's year-long crime spree came to an end at the beginning of May when he breached a bail curfew and was remanded in custody.

A passenger on a Western Isles ferry to Ullapool was angry when his vehicle was directed on to the mezzanine deck of the vessel.

The victim was punched once, suffering three fractures and being sidelined from work for five months.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard the men were acting as couriers and their roles were at the lower end of the chain.

A third man had sentence further deferred at Inverness Sheriff Court.

A 56-year-old Ross-shire chef who admitted her second drink-drive conviction in little over a year has been banned from the roads for three years.