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Coldplay musical candlelight dinner experience set for top Inverness hotel

13 July 2025
Coldplay musical candlelight dinner experience set for top Inverness hotel

Coldplay musical candlelight dinner experience set for top Inverness hotel

13 July 2025

A leading Inverness hotel is set to offer a unique candlelit dining experience set to the music of pop superstars Coldplay


Shopping centre worker spat on by man who is ‘disgusted with himself’

13 July 2025
Shopping centre worker spat on by man who is ‘disgusted with himself’

Shopping centre worker spat on by man who is ‘disgusted with himself’

13 July 2025

He also threatened the staff to "get his friends to pay them a visit".


COURT ROUND-UP: Pub staff racially abused, man high on cocaine pursued by police and pregnant woman’s close call

13 July 2025
COURT ROUND-UP: Pub staff racially abused, man high on cocaine pursued by police and pregnant woman’s close call

COURT ROUND-UP: Pub staff racially abused, man high on cocaine pursued by police and pregnant woman’s close call

13 July 2025

It’s been another busy week at Inverness Sheriff Court.


Paedophile asked for indecent images from ‘girl’ he thought was under 13 years old

12 July 2025
Paedophile asked for indecent images from ‘girl’ he thought was under 13 years old

Paedophile asked for indecent images from ‘girl’ he thought was under 13 years old

12 July 2025

The 29-year-old was actually talking to a police officer.


‘Self-confessed conman and thief’ embezzled £7.5k from popular soft play centre

11 July 2025
‘Self-confessed conman and thief’ embezzled £7.5k from popular soft play centre

‘Self-confessed conman and thief’ embezzled £7.5k from popular soft play centre

11 July 2025

He also embezzled more than £4.5k from an events company based at Bogbain Farm.


Rogue tradesman scammed women out of £7k for roof repairs

11 July 2025
Rogue tradesman scammed women out of £7k for roof repairs

Rogue tradesman scammed women out of £7k for roof repairs

11 July 2025

The man was “never skilled enough to do the work and he was watching videos on YouTube to see how it was done”.


Albanian jailed as undercover cops thwart 'drugs on demand' organised crime group in Inverness

10 July 2025
Albanian jailed as undercover cops thwart 'drugs on demand' organised crime group in Inverness

Albanian jailed as undercover cops thwart 'drugs on demand' organised crime group in Inverness

10 July 2025

He was linked to a County Lines drug dealing operation bringing high purity cocaine worth nearly £200k into the Highland capital and Edinburgh.


Ex-soldier crashed car after police followed him from Muir of Ord to Conon

10 July 2025
Ex-soldier crashed car after police followed him from Muir of Ord to Conon

Ex-soldier crashed car after police followed him from Muir of Ord to Conon

10 July 2025

A former soldier who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following tours of Kosovo and Iraq crashed his car after officers followed him.


Another member of ‘Scouse Jack’ drugs gang jailed

08 July 2025
Another member of ‘Scouse Jack’ drugs gang jailed

Another member of ‘Scouse Jack’ drugs gang jailed

08 July 2025

The group had been flooding the Highlands with strong drugs - such as cocaine and heroin - since September 2019.


Drug-driving teen drove into path of SUV driven by pregnant woman at A96 junction

08 July 2025
Drug-driving teen drove into path of SUV driven by pregnant woman at A96 junction

Drug-driving teen drove into path of SUV driven by pregnant woman at A96 junction

08 July 2025

“You are incredibly fortunate that no-one was killed,” said sheriff, after hearing one of the passengers suffered a serious injury.


Breaking into a person's home to assault them among 4 charges man faces

07 July 2025
Breaking into a person's home to assault them among 4 charges man faces

Breaking into a person's home to assault them among 4 charges man faces

07 July 2025

Claims also include possession of a weapon.


33-year-old man faces array of charges after siege

07 July 2025
33-year-old man faces array of charges after siege

33-year-old man faces array of charges after siege

07 July 2025

Claims include threats of violence towards A&E staff and his neighbours.


COURT ROUND-UP: Rapists jailed over separate attacks; and drug dealer awaits fate

06 July 2025
COURT ROUND-UP: Rapists jailed over separate attacks; and drug dealer awaits fate

COURT ROUND-UP: Rapists jailed over separate attacks; and drug dealer awaits fate

06 July 2025

Our weekly round-up of the most prominent cases heard at Inverness Sheriff Court and in the high court.


Assault at Tesco by man on bail

04 July 2025
Assault at Tesco by man on bail

Assault at Tesco by man on bail

04 July 2025

The retail worker was headbutted.


Engineer denied Dragon Soup led to drink-driving - saying alcohol reading was due to diabetes

03 July 2025
Engineer denied Dragon Soup led to drink-driving - saying alcohol reading was due to diabetes

Engineer denied Dragon Soup led to drink-driving - saying alcohol reading was due to diabetes

03 July 2025

He was caught while going to his local fish and chip shop.


Rapist jailed after targeting 16-year-old following a party in Inverness

02 July 2025
Rapist jailed after targeting 16-year-old following a party in Inverness

Rapist jailed after targeting 16-year-old following a party in Inverness

02 July 2025

The court heard that following the attack the woman was “shaking” and “in tears”.


Liverpool drug dealer supplied heroin and cocaine to Inverness and Nairn

02 July 2025
Liverpool drug dealer supplied heroin and cocaine to Inverness and Nairn

Liverpool drug dealer supplied heroin and cocaine to Inverness and Nairn

02 July 2025

The 26-year-old awaits his fate while already serving a jail sentence.


Pub customer was hit on head with broken pool cue

02 July 2025
Pub customer was hit on head with broken pool cue

Pub customer was hit on head with broken pool cue

02 July 2025

The 51-year-old admitted snapping the pool cue before permanently disfiguring his victim.


Father and son avoid jail after series of offences

01 July 2025
Father and son avoid jail after series of offences

Father and son avoid jail after series of offences

01 July 2025

Actions included a serious assault on a man using a mallet and terrorising two women and driving a vehicle toward their home.


Malaysian illegal immigrant pretended to be Chinese

01 July 2025
Malaysian illegal immigrant pretended to be Chinese

Malaysian illegal immigrant pretended to be Chinese

01 July 2025

The 53-year-old’s actions were because he feared returning to his own country.


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