Crime

A short drive for food landed a Ross-shire care assistant in trouble with the police because he was more than five times the legal drink drive limit.

The Wilson family described Jo Farrell as ‘callous’ leading Douglas Ross to use his last FMQs as Tory leader to challenge John Swinney.

The family of a Nairn man murdered in 2004 called out the Police Scotland’s chief for “misleading” comments on appointments in the investigation team.

The case was deferred for good behaviour until December 12.

An Easter Ross man with a massive cache of bestiality videos has been banned from owning or keeping animals for three years.

A thief who stole a van and sparked a police chase on the A9 was still on the run this afternoon after fleeing the crashed vehicle near Ralia.

A new senior officer is to oversee the reinvestigation of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson’s murder, following criticism by his family.

The sheriff said: ‘You will be working even harder now. You behaved like a drunken idiot on two occasions.’

Police Scotland investigated a report of a “non-recent sexual assault” which involved former Balnagown Estate and Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed.

The family of murdered Nairn banker Alistair Wilson said they lost “any trust” they had in Police Scotland being able to solve the case.

‘The accused threatened to get his family to go round and see his neighbours. Police were then contacted.’

‘Please look out for your neighbours also, many are elderly and perhaps a bit vulnerable.’

The sheriff said he had inflicted a ‘nasty’ injury and called for a report before passing sentence.

He admitted illegal possession of the Class A narcotic.

A timeline of events from the unsolved murder case from 2004 to today.

The Lord Advocate has instructed a complete reinvestigation of the 2004 murder of Alistair Wilson in Nairn.

Police said the driver of the car would be reported to the procurator fiscal.

‘He thought the complainer would treat it as a joke but he didn't and clearly he was upset by it and contacted the police.’

Furious charity bosses has slammed “unscrupulous” criminals who have carried out a spate of thefts from their base in Easter Ross.

An Easter Ross teenager racially abused a McDonald’s employee while telling him to ‘Go back to Africa’.