A GANG ripped off a host of small businesses in the Highlands to the tune of hundreds of pounds in a forged currency scam, a court has heard.
AN Inverness man who was described as "a small cog in a large machine" stored £61,200 worth of cocaine in his mum's home to help pay off a drugs debt.
A LONG-running dispute over money escalated when an Inverness man knifed his estranged father in the arm.
A HIGH-risk sex offender has had 14 months added to an 18 month jail sentence he is already serving for possessing very graphic child videos.
A JUNIOR footballer carried out a horrific murder bid on his ex-partner in Inverness after refusing to accept their break-up.
A TEEN who left a 70-year-old OAP shaken after snatching her bag has avoided being locked up for the crime.
A 21-year-old Inverness man who repeatedly spat on police after they had been called to an incident has been jailed for six months.
A DRUG addict embarked on a five day shoplifting spree to feed his addiction when his medication was stopped.
AN Inverness man who terrified two women by following them and then lifted the skirt of one will be sentenced next month.
A NAIRN man with a heart condition had a drunken dispute in his local shop when staff asked him to pay for a plastic bag for his shopping.
A BUS driver was praised for his quick reactions when he swerved on to a verge on the A9 to avoid a head-on collision with an on-coming van.
A 21-YEAR-old man appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court with two 15-year-old boys following a disturbance in the city's Clava Road at the weekend.
A DRUG dealer stored £61,200 worth of cocaine in his mother’s home.
POLICE who wanted to speak to a 33-year-old Inverness man about a possible outstanding arrest warrant found that he had been carrying a knife.
A BUS driver who married for a third time without telling his new wife he had not divorced his second spouse escaped a prison sentence today.
A TEENAGER was warned he could be sent to detention after he admitted robbing a 70-year-old woman.
CHILD welfare advocates have slammed a "dangerous and predatory abuser" after he was jailed for rape and sex assaults in Inverness.
A REGISTERED sex offender who raped a 15-year-old girl and who also abused a young woman with learning difficulties has been sent to prison.
TWO thugs used a vacuum cleaner to try and kill a friend in a brutal murder bid.
A FORMER policeman has been jailed for 14 years for a catalogue of rape and sex abuse against three women in the Inverness area.
