Courts

A 47-year-old man has been jailed for abusive and sexual offences Sutherland between April 2019 and December 2021, police have confirmed.

A former police officer was jailed for seven years, after subjecting a woman to "appalling" abuse including having sex with her without her consent.

"He felt depressed as he had no-one to celebrate his birthday with and went to the club,” heard Inverness Sheriff Court.

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.

Dashcam footage is being sought by police investigating dangerous driving on the Kessock Bridge last night.

A 66-year-old woman is to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court today after a two-car crash on the A9 that left one woman hospitalised.

Court hears attacker has gone teetotal since incident, as he’s told to pay the boy compensation.

Sheriff Robert Frazer also ordered seizure of her car.

The 40-year-old admitted a charge of malicious damage.

A Ross-shire man was branded a ‘beast’ by observers who heard sordid details of his attempts to get indecent images of a child.

An Easter Ross man with a bad record for domestic offences has been ordered to carry out 180 hours of unpaid community work.

The man admitted admitted several domestic abuse offences.

Police officers located the car on the Cromarty Bridge.

A Swiss Health and Safety Inspector drove his camper van dangerously on the wrong side of a Ross-shire road and caused "life-altering" injuries.

He took six pairs of trousers and two jackets.

Two crooked hotel executives who conspired to defraud the owner of thousands of pounds by paying a fake employee have avoided prison.

Patients and staff were alarmed by his behaviour and police were called back to the scene.

A woman was spat on after trying to intervene.

A Ross-shire crofter was so concerned about his three working dogs which escaped after a car crash that he ignored a police instruction.

An epileptic who failed to surrender his driving licence killed a woman due to careless driving on a stretch of road in Ross-shire.