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‘Send your troops’ - Former police constable jailed after threatening to kill policewoman

06 February 2025
‘Send your troops’ - Former police constable jailed after threatening to kill policewoman

‘Send your troops’ - Former police constable jailed after threatening to kill policewoman

06 February 2025

He hinted at having a shotgun, heard Inverness Sheriff Court.


‘Barbaric’: Owner of hare-coursing dog that attacked deer in Highland cemetery is first to be sentenced under new hunting law

06 February 2025
‘Barbaric’: Owner of hare-coursing dog that attacked deer in Highland cemetery is first to be sentenced under new hunting law

‘Barbaric’: Owner of hare-coursing dog that attacked deer in Highland cemetery is first to be sentenced under new hunting law

06 February 2025

A man whose dog attacked a deer while being used to hunt hares at a Caithness cemetery has become the first to be convicted under new hunting laws.


Duo charged with breaking into supermarket

05 February 2025
Duo charged with breaking into supermarket

Duo charged with breaking into supermarket

05 February 2025

Pair appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court today.


Three-figure fine follows gardener’s drinking binge

05 February 2025
Three-figure fine follows gardener’s drinking binge

Three-figure fine follows gardener’s drinking binge

05 February 2025

Inverness Sheriff Court heard a neighbour intervened and took the couple's dog away.


Unlicensed 16-year-old showed middle finger to police and put multiple lives at risk on roads across city

04 February 2025
Unlicensed 16-year-old showed middle finger to police and put multiple lives at risk on roads across city

Unlicensed 16-year-old showed middle finger to police and put multiple lives at risk on roads across city

04 February 2025

“You are clearly not a fit person to be freed,” sheriff told the teenager.


Jail for bus passenger who terrified woman with throat-cutting gesture

04 February 2025
Jail for bus passenger who terrified woman with throat-cutting gesture

Jail for bus passenger who terrified woman with throat-cutting gesture

04 February 2025

Inverness Sheriff Court heard the man will have ongoing psychiatric support on his release.


Sex pest exposed himself to girl on MULTIPLE occasions and sent nude photos to 5 teenage women

03 February 2025
Sex pest exposed himself to girl on MULTIPLE occasions and sent nude photos to 5 teenage women

Sex pest exposed himself to girl on MULTIPLE occasions and sent nude photos to 5 teenage women

03 February 2025

Sheriff Eilidh Macdonald was told that most of the incidents started innocently on social media but then got increasingly sexualised.


Expensive ‘loss of composure’ costs man hundreds of pounds

03 February 2025
Expensive ‘loss of composure’ costs man hundreds of pounds

Expensive ‘loss of composure’ costs man hundreds of pounds

03 February 2025

He breached a court order while messaging his ex partner.


Domestic abuser held pool cue over his head while shouting abuse

02 February 2025
Domestic abuser held pool cue over his head while shouting abuse

Domestic abuser held pool cue over his head while shouting abuse

02 February 2025

On another occasion a different woman picked up a rolling pin to protect herself from the same man.


Scissors thought to be used in attack on B&M Inverness shop worker

02 February 2025
Scissors thought to be used in attack on B&M Inverness shop worker

Scissors thought to be used in attack on B&M Inverness shop worker

02 February 2025

An Inverness shop worker was struck on the hand with the blades of a pair of scissors by a Ross-shire man who had asked him to leave.


Pregnant partners were attacked by drug addict

02 February 2025
Pregnant partners were attacked by drug addict

Pregnant partners were attacked by drug addict

02 February 2025

He also assaulted another woman and threatened to inject her with heroin.


‘Your wife must be a saint’ - sheriff tells domestic abuser whose ‘conduct was reprehensible’

01 February 2025
‘Your wife must be a saint’ - sheriff tells domestic abuser whose ‘conduct was reprehensible’

‘Your wife must be a saint’ - sheriff tells domestic abuser whose ‘conduct was reprehensible’

01 February 2025

The 44-year-old told police on being charged: "They were just words. I went a bit far."


Speed dating event set to take place at Inverness cafe in aid of Highland Hospice and ice centre

01 February 2025
Speed dating event set to take place at Inverness cafe in aid of Highland Hospice and ice centre

Speed dating event set to take place at Inverness cafe in aid of Highland Hospice and ice centre

01 February 2025

Taking place at Grain and Grind on Tomnahurich Street on February 16, the event will allow those looking for love to meet new people.


COURT ROUND-UP: County Lines drug dealer jailed and details of attack on chocolatier among last month's court business

01 February 2025
COURT ROUND-UP: County Lines drug dealer jailed and details of attack on chocolatier among last month's court business

COURT ROUND-UP: County Lines drug dealer jailed and details of attack on chocolatier among last month's court business

01 February 2025

Here's our recap of some of the cases that made the headlines last month.


Wrong side of road drink-driver told ‘pure good fortune’ he didn’t kill himself or someone else

31 January 2025
Wrong side of road drink-driver told ‘pure good fortune’ he didn’t kill himself or someone else

Wrong side of road drink-driver told ‘pure good fortune’ he didn’t kill himself or someone else

31 January 2025

"When I saw him he was at the lowest of anyone I had ever seen,” said defence solicitor.


Quartet of police officers in violent struggle while trying to arrest Inverness man

30 January 2025
Quartet of police officers in violent struggle while trying to arrest Inverness man

Quartet of police officers in violent struggle while trying to arrest Inverness man

30 January 2025

He also shouted abusive remarks and threats of violence.


Schoolgirl sexually assaulted in Tesco while shopping for Christmas jumpers

29 January 2025
Schoolgirl sexually assaulted in Tesco while shopping for Christmas jumpers

Schoolgirl sexually assaulted in Tesco while shopping for Christmas jumpers

29 January 2025

She was groped by a teenager from Inverness while she was in the store with her mother.


‘The problem lies with you’: Man who pestered ex is told to change his attitude

29 January 2025
‘The problem lies with you’: Man who pestered ex is told to change his attitude

‘The problem lies with you’: Man who pestered ex is told to change his attitude

29 January 2025

A man who pestered his ex and made threats towards her was told he had "better make an attitude adjustment" towards women or he would be jailed.


‘Not respectful’: Young man ‘misread the situation’

29 January 2025
‘Not respectful’: Young man ‘misread the situation’

‘Not respectful’: Young man ‘misread the situation’

29 January 2025

A man claimed to have misread an invitation from a woman he met after chatting on social media to share her bed.


Paedophile rapist’s prison term almost doubled after appeal rules sentence ‘unduly lenient’

28 January 2025
Paedophile rapist’s prison term almost doubled after appeal rules sentence ‘unduly lenient’

Paedophile rapist’s prison term almost doubled after appeal rules sentence ‘unduly lenient’

28 January 2025

A paedophile who groomed a girl and later raped her has had his sentence nearly doubled after the original five year sentence was ruled too lenient.


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