A man has appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court charged with driving a car into a city seafood shop and setting it and neighbouring premises ablaze.
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His defence agent said: ‘He has messed up his life but is the author of his own misfortune.’
Inverness Sheriff Court saw a huge mix of criminal business in the past week. Here's our recap of some of the cases that made the headlines.
Police were assaulted and threatened by a 36-year-old Conon man whose welfare they were checking.
The 39-year-old was sentenced after threatening to punch a woman in the face.
Staff at a politician's office were terrified when an angry voter threatened to use AK47s, claiming he had connections in Ireland.
Trial heard he had taken cocaine but his brother didn’t have insurance to drive.
It is also claimed that he grabbed her neck.
Here's our recap of some of the cases that made the headlines last month.
The victim was walking with his girlfriend near The Green House at the time.
It is alleged the images were actually sent to an adult, whom he believed to be a young teen.
Police searched the man and found a a key for an Inverness hotel room and searched there as well.
Inverness Sheriff Court was told that if the 18-year-old wasn’t able to driver other people would suffer.
“I have to send a warning to others intending to do the same that when - not if - you are caught, there will be consequences," says sheriff.
He had been jailed twice before for possessing vast amounts of indecent images and videos of children being abused.
It is alleged the victim was also punched repeatedly.
Men, aged 24 and 19, accused of assaulting another 19-year-old man in Hilton at the weekend.
Police stopped him in the early hours of the morning.
He performed an unsafe overtake while approaching the Auldearn junction.