Courts

Several cases from or related to Ross-shire heard in court in recent days.

A text message offer from a man selling drugs was sent to the wrong person who contacted the police and an arrest was made shortly afterwards.

A 55-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the domestic and sexual abuse of two women.

A ‘bit player’ who was snared by police in a major Highland drugs trafficking operation was jailed for five years today (March 17).

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Three different women complained to police about the abuse they suffered from a 47-year-old Inverness man over 19-year period, a sheriff was told.

Three taser shots were fired as the violence escalated.

A hostage was held at knifepoint during an hours long siege in Easter Ross which required armed police and specialist officers.

An Easter Ross man who paid two teenage girls hundreds of pounds a month to satisfy his foot fetish was sentenced to four years in prison.

He was removed from his duties as relief organist at Crown Church last month.

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A Tain man who forced two girls to watch pornography has been made subject of severe restrictions regarding his contact with females under 18.

A former Easter Ross man who subjected his now ex-wife to years of torment and abuse will be sentenced at Inverness Sheriff Court next month.

It was a busy week in the courts.

Alistair Cameron (18) decided to take a ‘shortcut’ at the roundabout at Achnasheen on the A832 on July 21, 2024.

A Dingwall man ran up a large drugs debt was recruited by an organised crime gang to sell illegal narcotics in the Highlands.

Police were involved in a 95-minute stand-off after a man they were seeking climbed onto the roof of a house and began throwing items at officers.

An Inverness rapist who faked his own death to avoid justice and was later jailed for 15 years has had two months added to his sentence.

He had just been released after spending 15 months on remand when the High Street chip shop attack happened.

The disturbance was reported at around 4.40pm yesterday (March 2) at a premises on Dingwall’s High Street.