Crime

A four-day blitz on dangerous driving on the A9 by Police Scotland has led to 291 offences being detected.

A 60-year-old Wester Ross man who drove while drunk for the fourth time has escaped a jail sentence.

The warning follows from an inquiry which reveals a report of the “horrific” crime was made to the police in relation to the 2022 event.

An Alness man who plunged the head of his 72-year-old victim into a basin of water several times was jailed for 21 months.

A 32-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in the Portsmouth area.

Alastair Nicolson was found guilty of a catalogue of offences following a trial at the High Court in Inverness on May 22, 2024.

An Evanton business has suffered a break-in, as Police Scotland issue an appeal for information.

Campaigner Laura Hansler says it is ‘absolutely inexcusable’ that the highest recorded speed was 140 mph.

A drunk-driver terrorised a woman motorist he mistook for his wife by driving up and down the A9 and ramming her on the Kessock Bridge.

Police are appealing for information or dash-cam footage after the man was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital with serious injuries.

Police are appealing for information following reports of vandalism at Rosskeen Cemetery in Invergordon.

Police appeal for information as gravestones in Ross-shire cemetery subjected to spray paint vandalism attack.

A retired policeman's son assaulted one of his dad's former colleagues when they tried to arrest him on Boxing Day.

An Easter Ross woman set her Doberman dog on police who had gone to her house after complaints about her abusive behaviour by neighbours.

Two men were confronted by a hysterical man outside a Wester Ross hotel and one of them sustained a broken thigh bone when he was attacked.

A 32-year-old motorist confessed her horror to a sheriff after she found herself in the dock for a second time in two years to admit drug-driving.

A Ross-shire police station has officially been declared surplus to requirements and will be put on the market for sale.

The museum grounds have been closed after the senseless act.

Police are investigating a hit-and-run after a 4x4 knocked an Audi off the road in Easter Ross.

Ten drink drivers and four drug drivers were arrested by officers in various locations including Inverness.