“You do need to take some responsibility for your own life,” Sheriff tells 34-year-old.
The 61-year-old admitted communicating indecently with what he believed to be a girl called 'Lara'.
A man was traced to a nearby flat and firearms officers were deployed.
Residents complained to police leading to conviction of 28-year-old man.
A man who stole a quantity of food from a city shop last year will be sentenced in April after a background report has been prepared.
A brutal rapist who throttled women during a campaign of crime that spanned more than three decades has been warned he could face a life sentence.
A father of four who suspected his partner of infidelity stormed out of the house only to be locked out on his return in the early hours.
Staff at a Nairn supermarket were alarmed when a knife dropped out of a customer's clothing as he bent down to pick up a plastic bag.
Two dog walkers had an angry confrontation when their animals became involved at a popular beauty spot in Inverness.
Police were called to a disturbance after receiving a 999 call but could only hear a man shouting and swearing at a woman, telling her to get out.
Inverness Sheriff court heard the man neglected himself as well as his former pet.
A man was knocked unconscious after briefly talking to his assailant who punched him repeatedly before he fell and banged his head on the pavement.
A teenager went on an armed robbery rampage last summer wielding a baseball bat, a hammer and a screwdriver to threaten four of his victims.
Two men who carjacked a well known Inverness businessman in "a disgusting and brutal attack" were sentenced to 54 months each in custody.
A 47-year-old man appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court charged with attempted murder following the alleged stabbing of a 51-year-old man.
A motorcyclist was caught travelling at 104mph on a road with a 60mph limit near Inverness.
An off-duty nurse was struck on the head while helping an injured man lying in Inverness High Street.
A knife-wielding intruder who subjected a family to a terrifying ordeal in their Inverness flat has been jailed for 30 months.
A man who went round to an ex-girlfriend's house and beat up a man he discovered there was fined a total of £1050 at Inverness Sheriff Court.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard the pair no longer communicate with each other.