Courts

He was released on bail from remand at Inverness Sheriff Court following an appeal by his defence lawyer.

A PROJECT manager who works between Inverness and Aberdeen has avoided a driving ban.

A HGV driver who answered a distress call from his pregnant wife was rushing home when police officers stopped him for dangerous driving.

Firearms officers were called to an Inverness house after a man barricaded himself in – it was the third drink and drug-fuelled incident last summer.

A man who had vile images of babies and children being sexually abused claimed he had them to try and trap paedophiles – but later changed his story.

An Inverness hotel worker placed a hidden camera in a cubicle of the men's toilet to secretly film people using it.

A 61-year-old Nairn man avoided a jail sentence after admitting downloading 92 indecent images of children.

A New Craigs hospital out-patient who frightened staff as they tried to give him an injection was told to behave himself or be jailed.

Concerned motorists contacted the police when a car being driven across the Kessock Bridge in Inverness was swerving about the road.

CRIMINAL courts in the Highlands are creaking under the strain of the Covid pandemic – after the number of trials was slashed by up to 75 per cent.

A MECHANIC has been disqualified from driving for a year and fined £440 after admitting a charge of drug-driving.

A footballer scarred an opponent for life after throwing a glass at him during an after-match drink at an Inverness hotel.

Police raided the a registered sex offender's home in Dingwall after receiving intelligence an electronic device had accessed websites for child porn.

YELLOW ribbons fluttered on an Inverness bridge today in a campaigner's symbolic act of solidarity with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

A fisherman who went on a drinking spree and abused his partner is to get help for alcohol abuse after he appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court.

A Kirkhill man who shared a cannabis joint with friends has admitted being concerned in the supply of the drug.

A 20-year-old Inverness man spent Christmas in a young offender's institution after spitting on a police officer.

A 42-year-old man has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court on a total of eight charges.

Inverness court hears man who stole brand new £40,000 Jaguar from city forecourt jailed for eight months.

Court told Inverness man threatened to harm himself with knife and struggled with police in Raigmore Hospital.