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Knife-wielding man jailed after late-night street commotion

15 September 2024
Knife-wielding man jailed after late-night street commotion

Knife-wielding man jailed after late-night street commotion

15 September 2024

The 40-year-old was also aggressively shouting and swearing in Polish, hears Inverness Sheriff Court.


Birthday party turns nasty when man smashes council house windows and door

14 September 2024
Birthday party turns nasty when man smashes council house windows and door

Birthday party turns nasty when man smashes council house windows and door

14 September 2024

Defence solicitors tells court: "He had been badly affected by alcohol.”


Multiple offender admits string of further motoring offences

13 September 2024
Multiple offender admits string of further motoring offences

Multiple offender admits string of further motoring offences

13 September 2024

A man with three drink driving convictions and one for dangerous driving has been jailed after admitting more motoring offences.


Sex offender had hundreds of indecent images of children

12 September 2024
Sex offender had hundreds of indecent images of children

Sex offender had hundreds of indecent images of children

12 September 2024

Police discovered his sordid collection on four devices.


Fraudster jailed after ‘web of lies’ cons £73k out of victims - including to pay for fake cancer ‘treatment’

12 September 2024
Fraudster jailed after ‘web of lies’ cons £73k out of victims - including to pay for fake cancer ‘treatment’

Fraudster jailed after ‘web of lies’ cons £73k out of victims - including to pay for fake cancer ‘treatment’

12 September 2024

He also conned friends to ‘invest’ in a fantasy diamond mine in South Africa - including pensioner friend of his mother.


Secondary school teacher found not guilty of assaulting two disruptive pupils

12 September 2024
Secondary school teacher found not guilty of assaulting two disruptive pupils

Secondary school teacher found not guilty of assaulting two disruptive pupils

12 September 2024

"I imagine this has been weighing on you for many months,” sheriff says to accused at Inverness Sheriff Court.


Abuse of 3-year-old child featured in man’s collection of 260 indecent videos and over 1000 still images

11 September 2024
Abuse of 3-year-old child featured in man’s collection of 260 indecent videos and over 1000 still images

Abuse of 3-year-old child featured in man’s collection of 260 indecent videos and over 1000 still images

11 September 2024

The 59-year-old Inverness man downloaded the footage over an eight-year period.


Inverness pensioner sent sexual messages to paedophile hunters posing as children

11 September 2024
Inverness pensioner sent sexual messages to paedophile hunters posing as children

Inverness pensioner sent sexual messages to paedophile hunters posing as children

11 September 2024

When people from the groups confronted him, he asked them to move as he talked to them so the neighbours wouldn't hear.


Flirty and sexual messages sent to girl by sex offender banned from contacting children

11 September 2024
Flirty and sexual messages sent to girl by sex offender banned from contacting children

Flirty and sexual messages sent to girl by sex offender banned from contacting children

11 September 2024

The 20-year-old also had a phone that police didn’t know he had.


‘She is terrified of you’ - man jailed after unprovoked assault on estranged wife

11 September 2024
‘She is terrified of you’ - man jailed after unprovoked assault on estranged wife

‘She is terrified of you’ - man jailed after unprovoked assault on estranged wife

11 September 2024

Woman was bitten during incident in Lauders Bar.


‘Completely unacceptable’ driving near retail park sees duo sentenced

10 September 2024
‘Completely unacceptable’ driving near retail park sees duo sentenced

‘Completely unacceptable’ driving near retail park sees duo sentenced

10 September 2024

Pair of Highlanders caught speeding near Inverness Shopping Park.


Jail for drug user who threatened to stab armed police with large kitchen knife in 6-hour siege

10 September 2024
Jail for drug user who threatened to stab armed police with large kitchen knife in 6-hour siege

Jail for drug user who threatened to stab armed police with large kitchen knife in 6-hour siege

10 September 2024

Crack cocaine user armed himself with array of weapons including a baseball bat, darts, a crowbar, a golf club and a hammer.


Teenager racially abused Inverness McDonald’s worker

10 September 2024
Teenager racially abused Inverness McDonald’s worker

Teenager racially abused Inverness McDonald’s worker

10 September 2024

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


Former football coach jailed for rape branded himself ‘disgusting’ in paedophile sting operation

10 September 2024
Former football coach jailed for rape branded himself ‘disgusting’ in paedophile sting operation

Former football coach jailed for rape branded himself ‘disgusting’ in paedophile sting operation

10 September 2024

A former football coach jailed today for a string of serious sex offences called his own behaviour “disgusting” when confronted by paedophile hunters.


Rapist football coach jailed for ‘horrific’ offending

10 September 2024
Rapist football coach jailed for ‘horrific’ offending

Rapist football coach jailed for ‘horrific’ offending

10 September 2024

A former youth football coach who raped a teenager before being caught in a paedophile sting operation has been jailed.


Inverness man accused of serious sexual assault on girl (15)

09 September 2024
Inverness man accused of serious sexual assault on girl (15)

Inverness man accused of serious sexual assault on girl (15)

09 September 2024

It is alleged the incident happened at the Gathering Place.


Disabled driver fined and banned for reversing onto another car after motorbike ‘acted like a ramp’

09 September 2024
Disabled driver fined and banned for reversing onto another car after motorbike ‘acted like a ramp’

Disabled driver fined and banned for reversing onto another car after motorbike ‘acted like a ramp’

09 September 2024

A woman has been banned from the roads for 18 months and fined £480 for three crashes, including one which saw her car mount a Mercedes.


Inverness man pushed woman down flight of stairs

08 September 2024
Inverness man pushed woman down flight of stairs

Inverness man pushed woman down flight of stairs

08 September 2024

Abusive behaviour also included grabbing her by the throat, hears Inverness Sheriff Court.


Owner found guilty of having out of control dog after it bit delivery driver’s hand

07 September 2024
Owner found guilty of having out of control dog after it bit delivery driver’s hand

Owner found guilty of having out of control dog after it bit delivery driver’s hand

07 September 2024

“He has never ever bitten anyone before, he is more a lying on his back getting tickled kind of dog,” hears Inverness Sheriff Court.


Asda car park attack leads to jail

06 September 2024
Asda car park attack leads to jail

Asda car park attack leads to jail

06 September 2024

Charges included a vicious attack on his long-term girlfriend in the Asda car park, an attack on a store security guard who came to her aid.


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