Courts

A-37-year old man with 'a bad record for driving' got behind the wheel of a car while banned and drove it in Dingwall under the influence of drugs.

A neighbour dispute erupted when a Conon man tore a piece of wood from a fence and threw it at two people who had come to see what he was doing.

A 27-year-old Dingwall man tried to destroy his phone when it rang as police approached him to question him about another matter.

Police suspected a motorist was under the influence of drugs after they stopped his vehicle.

A woman was assaulted by her partner several times despite him being banned from approaching or contacting her by a court order.

A motorist found slumped in his car holding a syringe of methodone was fined for being in charge of a vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs.

A Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) will begin next month into the death of a nursery teacher struck by a lorry in Drumnadrochit.

A tree surgeon was "obsessed" with growing the perfect cannabis after one of his two customers praised him for the quality.

A New Year's Day drink-driver who was four times the legal limit and disqualified was put off the road for five years at Wick Sheriff Court.

An Easter Ross man with several convictions for stalking ex-partners and domestic abuse was told he is 'on the knife-edge' of a prison sentence.

She made clear: "Given your previous conviction and the disgraceful background to these offences, only a custodial sentence is appropriate."

Money was paid into the account of a fictitious employee and the cash then split between the pair, Highland court told.

He will appear again in the next eight days.

A motorist claimed to police he had smashed his car in Wester Ross after he had swerved to avoid a deer.

A 79-year-old woman was pushed to the floor when she intervened to stop a man viciously assaulting her daughter.

Inverness Sheriff Court was told: "It was an error of judgement."

Inverness Sheriff Court heard: "He was dealing with a number of matters at the time and his car added to his list of woes."

The victim of a vicious Alness assault by a man and a woman was able to identify his attackers leading to their arrest shortly afterwards.

A village in Wester Ross was looking even more picturesque than usual this weekend when a magical rainbow spread itself above it.

A Romanian citizen staying in Dingwall claimed he met an Albanian stranger in an Edinburgh bar who paid him £200 a day to sell drugs in the Highlands.