Courts

NSPCC Scotland said the killing was "truly shocking" after Tomas Haining was sentenced to eight years imprisonment today.

Sentencing him to eight years a judge told Thomas Haining no term he could impose would repair the damage he had done.

Thomas Haining, who admitted shaking his 23-day-old baby girl to death, has been sentenced to eight years at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Thomas Haining is set to be sentenced after admitting at the High Court in Edinburgh to killing his daughter, Mikayla.

A DRUG addict was brought to court to face a charge of theft from the WH Smith store in the city’s railway station.

A FISHERMAN attending the Groove music festival at Dores last year was ejected from the event and charged with possession of ecstasy and mephedrone.

A PRISONER sentenced to seven-and-a-half years for attempted murder earlier this year has admitted to being involved in the supply of class A drugs.

A MAN who went into a Tesco store and left without paying for meat and a box set of DVDs has been ordered to carry out unpaid work for the community.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard a woman bought cigarettes using a credit card that was not hers.

man and woman will be sentenced next month for an assault at Inshes Retail Park.

A sex attacker who pounced on a backpacker after taking her to Culloden Battlefield has been jailed for five years.

SIX members of a gang who planned to flood Inverness with drugs were today jailed for a total of 25 years – thanks partly to tip-offs to the police.

A GANG who planned to flood Inverness with more than £600,000 of heroin, cocaine and Etizolam has been sentenced to 25 years collectively in prison.

A DRUG addict who was spotted inside two unlocked cars in two days had sentence deferred for a background report this week.

POLICE investigating the disappearance of Renee MacRae and her son Andrew in 1976 have charged a man (77) in connection with their deaths.

AN Inverness fugitive who is facing 24 charges, including rape and sexual assault, has been returned to Scotland from America.

A MAN threatened to kill a woman and dispose of her body by feeding it to pigs, Inverness Sheriff Court has heard.

A RESIDENT in a homeless hostel barricaded himself into his room before smashing a fire alarm.

YOUTHS who were dealing in drugs from a house in Inverness were warned they know what they could expect when they are sentenced later this month.

A DRUG dealer found in possession of cocaine with a potential street value worth more than £13,000 in Inverness has been jailed for 14 months.