Crime

A sheriff has imposed a community payback order on an Alness man who threatened his wife.

A 61-year-old Easter Ross man has notched up his first criminal conviction after admitting assaulting his wife.

A Ross-shire man appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court today on several charges including drugs supply and assault to injury.

A 26-year-old Wester Ross man was given a warning that he would be jailed if he failed to complete a community payback order.

Dame Professor Sue Black assisted police after a family member came forward to say their relative was murdered by Dennis Nilsen.

DOZENS of motorists have been stopped for offences during a crackdown on the North Coast 500 route – from dangerous driving to speeding.

A man who shot dead a teenager originally from the Highland capital was the victim of an attempted armed robbery by the youth and his girlfriend.

POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a man was arrested and charged in connection with a daytime assault outside a Ross-shire supermarket.

Edward Mountain MSP has today challenged the Scottish Government on the lack of investment and delays to the construction of HMP Highland.

A MAN has been charged after police seized more than £100,000 worth of cocaine on the A9 south of Inverness.

A ROSS-SHIRE bank teller who embezzled £42,000 from his employers and then gambled it away over a couple of months has avoided prison.

An Easter Ross man appeared in private yesterday on charges of possessing a firearm and drugs.

A GOLF professional who bought his own golf course and then pocketed over £150,000 in VAT has been jailed for 15 months.

"HORRIBLE" vandalism at a Black Isle school has left a parent council saddened, after "significant" damage was done to a vital outdoor classroom.

A driver was fined £400 and had his licence endorsed after failing to observe the speed restriction on his vehicle on a stretch of Easter Ross road.

Drug trafficking in the Highlands is amongst the main targets of the region’s new top policeman.

DRUG trafficking in the Highlands is one of the main targets of the region's new top cop.

A 23-year-old Avoch woman appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court this week and was released on bail to appear at a later date.

A DRUNK man walked into two Ross-shire supermarkets to buy more alcohol, but stole some when refused.

A Ross-shire man who attempted to murder a former partner assaulted his new girlfriend in a 'terrifying' attack in their Dingwall home.