Crime

He was given a prison sentence and hit with a non-harassment order to protect his former partner.

A Dingwall man who sparked a police missing person’s appeal earlier this week has been found.

A second man has been arrested and charged in connection with a major fire at the Fairways Business Park in Inverness.

Murder detectives searching for Renee and Andrew MacRae’s bodies have confirmed that a child’s potty was the evidence item removed from beside the A9.

Tim Eagle says 113 police stations ‘are in need of repair or unfit for use’ telling John Swinney the ‘neglect must end’.

Police are appealing for information after a car was vandalised in Easter Ross on Sunday.

His defence agent said: ‘He has messed up his life but is the author of his own misfortune.’

Police were assaulted and threatened by a 36-year-old Conon man whose welfare they were checking.

Elderly women were targeted by a 30-year-old Ross-shire man who conned them out of money, by pretending to offer to carry out house maintenance.

Staff at a politician's office were terrified when an angry voter threatened to use AK47s, claiming he had connections in Ireland.

A cyclist taking part in the annual Etape Loch Ness sportive has died after their bike and a BMW collided on the route near the event’s finish.

A round-up of a very busy week in the courts.

Two Chinese nationals face deportation after a raid by immigration enforcement officers on a Chinese takeaway restaurant in Easter Ross.

Three years on since Shaun Matheson reported his former sports coach’s crimes to the police, Robbie Paulin has been jailed.

An ex-prisoner who was filmed attacking a chippy worker after being refused cheese sauce on his fries demanded to be sentenced immediately.

An Inverness American football coach who “manipulated and tricked” two teenage boys into posing for naked photos and videos has been jailed.

A 36-year-old woman has been charged after a dog attacked a 10-year-old girl in Alness.

A 55-year-old Easter Ross man who subjected his now ex-wife to violence, torment and abuse over several years has escaped a jail sentence.

Furious residents of an Easter Ross town have slammed mindless vandals who flattened newly-planted trees in a popular local park.

Police hunting for selfish wild campers who sparked fury after hacking down trees, fly-tipping their gear and rubbish and ignoring wildfire warnings.