The 51-year-old admitted snapping the pool cue before permanently disfiguring his victim.
Actions included a serious assault on a man using a mallet and terrorising two women and driving a vehicle toward their home.
The 53-year-old’s actions were because he feared returning to his own country.
Here's our recap of some of the cases that made the headlines last month.
Our weekly round-up of the most prominent cases heard at Inverness Sheriff Court and in the high court.
“You represent a not insignificant risk to any children who may fall in your orbit," says judge.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard that a victim impact statement prepared by the woman made "harrowing reading".
Inverness Sheriff Court heard he behaved in an aggressive manner.
The attack was during a course of violent conduct which took place between May 1975 and August 2022.
He defrauded them of thousands after carrying out an estimated £100 worth of shoddy, substandard work, a court heard.
Concerns linked to a psychiatrist’s assessment have delayed sentencing.
The 30-year-old was found with several bottles of booze.
Thinking Drinkers Tom Sandham and Ben McFarland are visiting 25 Scottish pubs on a 1000-mile journey.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard she was running out of money while on holiday.
“You are very close to a prison sentence where you would be kept in a cage - except you would be fed and it kept clean,” says sheriff.
“I don't believe for a minute that it was just happenstance for you to come together and then suddenly hatch this plan,” says sheriff.
An upsetting remark towards a teenager walking across an Inverness city centre bridge with an adult companion prompted a violent response.
"It is hoped that this will be his one and only time in court," said the defence solicitor.
The 45-year-old “made a poor decision”, hears Inverness Sheriff Court.
Inverness Sheriff Court hears ‘the vehicle was too powerful for his needs’ and he has since ‘purchased something more sensible’.