Courts

A woman of travelling people origin was so upset by rogue parkers in her Black Isle community she scratched 'gypsies' onto the outside of a caravan.

Victim spent 22 days in hospital – most of it in intensive care – as doctors battled to save his life.

Sheriff Eilidh Macdonald told the court: "[This] involved planning and you put the people who work here and members of the public at risk."

A shopper was knocked unconscious and seriously injured following a violent altercation in an Inverness retail car park.

A Ross-shire man who was storing and selling cocaine from his home was spared a prison sentence at Inverness Sheriff Court today.

Police Scotland has welcomed the jailing of a Highland property developer who attempted to fraudulently obtain a £400,000 insurance payment.

Sheriff Eilidh Macdonald said: "It was motivated by greed."

Accused heard saying: 'You won't want to mess with me.'

A Ross-shire hotelier showered gifts, including sex toys and lingerie, on a teenage girl for over four years in exchange for indecent photos of her.

A Muir of Ord fisherman was caught by police with a knife in his car and £70 worth of cannabis.

The former chairman and treasurer of a popular small Black Isle museum has admitted embezzling almost £19,000 from it over three years.

Daniel Kay convinced her he would carry out work on two crofts but ultimately did very little.

A farmer who spent £50,000 on environmentally friendly crops was not friendly to an Agricultural Department official over delays recompensing him.

The man admitted assaulting his partner at their home last year when he appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court.

A Muir of Ord pair have admitted being concerned in the supply of drugs.

His offences were committed against six women between 2008 and 2020 in the Moray, Easter Ross and the Inverness areas.

The man was assaulted after he confronted his attacker outside his home.

Craig Brown was said to be unsteady on his feet as he made his way to his car.

A gamekeeper on a Highland estate shot a sparrowhawk and stuffed it in a bag while being filmed by an RSPB Scotland investigator.

Burgess (29) had been on a night out in the Highland capital.