A SHERIFF has jailed a man who punched a 12 year-old boy and stole his bike, describing the offence as a particularly "nasty robbery".
A FISHERMAN who assaulted three police officers after spending a night drinking has been released on bail.
A LEARNER driver has been banned from motoring after being stopped in Oldtown Road, Inverness with excess alcohol.
A MAN who swallowed heroin as he was arrested by police has been placed on a drug treatment testing order - as an alternative to prison.
THREE people have appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court charged with being concerned in the supply of drugs.
AN Inverness man has admitted being concerned in the supply of herbal cannabis with a potential street value of nearly £12,000.
A DRINK-driver was collared after he pulled up at the drive-thru to the new McDonald's restaurant in Nairn while nearly five times the legal limit.
A DISHONEST care worker has repaid almost £4000 she illegally took to buy more than two years of shopping by using a 76-year-old woman’s bank details.
A NAIRN man escaped a jail sentence when he was sentenced for possessing almost 300 indecent photos and videos of children as young as eight.
A £75,000 a year offshore oil worker performed a "wheelie" as he drove his motor bike to Inverness to register the birth of his son.
A MAN who assaulted a 12-year-old boy and stole his bike has been remanded in custody.
AN unemployed former hotel worker assaulted a woman at a house party, a court has been told.
A FATAL accident inquiry has heard a man poured petrol over himself and police with the intention of killing himself days before taking his own life.
A MAN snared in a trap set by a “paedophile hunter” group has narrowly avoided being sent to prison.
A VEHICLE parts manager who carried out a hazardous overtaking manoeuvre has been fined £750.
A JILTED boyfriend reacted angrily when he saw the girl who had just split up with him in the company of another man.
A MAN who smashed up a kitchen and threatened his partner and police had shown no remorse or empathy for his victim a sheriff said.
A WOMAN who had been arrested refused to provide a specimen of blood when she was taken to a city police station.
BACKGROUND reports have been called for in the case of a man who was found in possession of almost 300 indecent photographs and videos of children.
POLICE recovered a stash of drugs when they were called to attend a city centre address where a man was threatening to commit suicide.
