Courts

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.

An assault by a man on his former partner in Inverness resulted in her having to be taken to Raigmore Hospital to be scanned for a head injury.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard a man apologised for racially abusing a shopkeeper on his premises.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard a drunk woman became aggressive to police who offered to take her home.

A man stole a bank card after asking for money and cigarettes in Inverness city centre.

A sheriff will decide on Christmas Eve whether an Inverness man can be placed on a drug treatment testing order (DTTO).

A LIST of the organisations to be housed in the £24 million Inverness Justice Centre, when it opens in 2020, has been published.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard a drug dealer stashed heroin under a railway track.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard man would buy alcohol and cigarettes for youngsters and reward girls with cash if they took their clothes off.

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 man was arrested after giving police a false name following reports of a disturbance.

A man admitted behaving in a threatening manner at an Inverness property.

A man using cannabis to treat back pain sent a quantity to his brother with the same problem.

The day after the night before proved costly for a Nairn man who drove while more than three times the legal drink-drive limit.

A VEHICLE parts manager who carried out a hazardous overtaking manoeuvre has been fined £750.