Courts

He has been ordered to pay the woman £800 in compensation and attend a course targetting domestic abusers.

A Dingwall man shouted homophobic remarks at a police officer before spitting on two constables during a drunken incident.

The jury has returned a not proven verdict in the trial of a surgeon accused of causing the death of his neighbour.

Jurors have retired to talk over their verdict.

A Dingwall man bombarded his ex-partner with hundreds of phone calls over the course of a matter of days, a court has heard.

A woman has admitted dangerous driving that resulted in a horror crash on Christmas Eve last year.

A forensic pathologist has given evidence in a trial over the death of an Inverness businessman.

Police had reason to pull him over and noticed he seemed nervous.

The final moments for an Inverness businessman who collapsed and died from a heart attack after an alleged dog lead assault were recalled in court.

Bad blood between neighbours led to the tragic death of John Birrell.

A man has been warned he could face jail after driving under the influence of drugs.

He was placed on a two-year long drug treatment and testing order for four offences committed over two years.

A Ross-shire man grabbed his partner's throat and restricted her breathing after she had asked him to carry out a family task.

The sheriff said the 106mph speed clocked was 'totally unacceptable'.

The 51-year-old former coach of a ladies football team has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court on sex offences.

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.

A MAN who banged on the door of a house in Dingwall and then assaulted one of his female friends was ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.

An Easter Ross man lost his temper with a train conductor who thought she was being sexually assaulted by him.