Courts

A man who smashed up his partner's bedroom has had sentence deferred for four months to allow him to prove his behaviour won't be repeated.

A convicted sex offender who pretended to be a teenage boy before blackmailing and raping a young girl has been jailed for eight years.

A 52-year-old motorist who drove several weeks before the end of a one year ban for drunk driving has been disqualified for a further year.

A supermarket store employee was hit over the head with one of two bottles of alcohol after he suspected a man of trying to steal them.

A 17 year old who had been dealing a variety of drugs from a property in Culloden was using the illicit substances due to his health issues.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard he “struggles on a daily basis with substance misuse".

Police reinforcement was needed to restrain the 31-year-old.

He continued to be aggressive when in the police cells, heard the court.

A 37-year-old man is accused of brandishing knives and issuing threats in an incident that saw armed police deployed to an Inverness neighbourhood.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested and charged after a “disturbance” provoked a huge police response in Inverness.

The young woman was walking with her mum when struck by a projecting part of a lorry on the A82

A budding social worker was caught driving his vehicle in Inverness while having cannabis in his system.

A sheriff wanted to know how much a van load of scrap metal would fetch when a scrap dealer appeared before her.

A personal trainer was angry when he was refused permission to enter a bar from which he had already been banned.

A young Birmingham father was told he was putting his life and liberty at risk by being used by hardened drug dealers.

A 23-year-old Liverpool drug dealer will be sentenced at Inverness Sheriff Court on May 21 after a background report has been prepared.

Sheriff Robert Frazer also disqualified the unlicensed 21-year-old for 20 months.

Court hears attacker has gone teetotal since incident, as he’s told to pay the boy compensation.

A former University Challenge contestant has won his bid to have his sex crimes convictions quashed.

Sheriff Robert Frazer also ordered seizure of her car.