Accused William MacDowell has lodged a special defence claiming Mr MacRae and others were responsible for the disappearance of Renee and Andrew MacRae
Gordon MacRae said he never felt he was a suspect in the case.
Evidence has begun to be heard in the murder trial.
A jury has been selected to decide whether Bill MacDowell killed Renee MacRae and her three-year-old son 46 years ago.
Relatives of a nursery teacher who was killed in a tragic road accident have spoken this afternoon.
A lorry driver has been found guilty by a jury.
Nairn man Marcus Capp made no plea and is remanded after appearing at Inverness Sheriff Court in private facing six charges.
The jury has confirmed it needs more time to reach a verdict following the conclusion of evidence.
Prosecution and defence teams have made their final arguments and now jurors are weighing up the evidence.
The 84-year-old Forres woman seriously assaulted in her own home last week has passed away.
A lorry driver was in tears as he recalled the day a stabiliser escaped from its housing on his vehicle, striking a nursery teacher and killing her.
A train journey ended with police catching a drugs courier on arrival in Inverness.
Whitton was imprisoned at the High Court in Edinburgh in 2004 after a police operation in 2002 called "Nemesis."
The heavy piece of metal struck 26 year old Inverness nursery teacher Chloe Morrison on the back.
A High Court trial was held up for a day because a juror was unavailable "due to personal circumstances".
A lorry driver told a jury there was no reason why a colleague should not have driven a vehicle because he had not been trained to use its crane.
A nursery teacher was thrown 35m along a pavement after a lorry's stabiliser leg struck her on the back, resulting in fatal multiple fractures.
A lorry driver is standing trial at the High Court in Inverness accused of driving dangerously and causing the death of a pedestrian.
Whitton was imprisoned at the High Court in Edinburgh in 2004 after a police operation in 2002 called "Nemesis."
AN Inverness woman panicked when police knocked at her door in the early hours after she slightly damaged her car.
