Courts

Police were called to an Alness supermarket after a customer who had previously been banned entered the store and refused to leave.

A Christmas Day row marked the beginning of the end of a relationship between a 35-year-old man and his partner.

A woman was assaulted despite a man being banned from approaching or contacting her, by a court order.

The messages were mostly sent to the Dingwall woman via social media.

A Muir of Ord man who was spotted by police speeding as he passed the officers dealing with another incident, was pursued.

A Highland construction company that employed 11 workers is facing liquidation.

An Easter Ross man who downloaded indecent photographs and videos of children being abused will be sentenced in January.

A Ross-shire man who smashed his sister's car while under the influence of valium tablets learned his fate.

A Spanish lorry driver who crashed head-on into a bus injuring its driver has been fined £840 and banned from driving in the UK for a year.

A father of two mistakenly thought his partner was having an affair when he discovered a message to her from another man, a court heard.

He faced a charge of attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon.

Owen Grant made no plea to the murder charge before being led out under a blanket by three guards.

A health industry executive from Muir of Ord who hit 115mph on a major Highland route landed a hefty fine and ban.

Two men have appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court for a second time charged with the murder of a 36-year-old local man.

Police officers were threatened with violence when they asked a Dingwall man to turn down his music. A sheriff took a dim view of his behaviour.

Cromarty Firth Cllr Maxine Smith is accused of faking disabled parking blue badges so drivers of tour buses owned by her could use restricted spaces.

A Ross-shire chef will be sentenced next month after admitting downloading a total of 685 indecent images of children.

A teenager has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court accused of attempting to murder a police officer in Easter Ross.

Two men have appeared in court charged with the murder of Ross MacGillivray (36) in Inverness just over a week ago.

"He was overcome with emotion. He didn't realise what speed he was doing," heard Inverness Sheriff Court.