Courts

Inverness Sheriff Court heard that security staff at Johnny Foxes had been told to deem reinforced boots as "weapons".

A drunk-driver terrorised a woman motorist he mistook for his wife by driving up and down the A9 and ramming her on the Kessock Bridge.

Dean Barclay watched his victim, crossed the road, grabbed the woman's wrists and forcibly pulled her hands from her pocket to get hold of the cash.

He was seen by police near a known drug dealer's address and was stopped and searched by officers.

Sheriff Sara Matheson told Michael Anderson it was her public duty to severely deal with such incidents as this committed at a family music event.

Scotland’s Procurator Fiscal for High Court sexual offending said James Kelly’s “violent and predatory behaviour has inflicted unimaginable trauma”.

A retired policeman's son assaulted one of his dad's former colleagues when they tried to arrest him on Boxing Day.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard that the 37-year-old seized his victim by the throat and repeatedly touched her.

One of them - aged 21 - also faced a charge of dangerous driving.

He also admitted downloading and possessing indecent images of boys on his mobile phone.

Police were called to Johnny Foxes after the 25-year-old refused to leave.

A 32-year-old motorist confessed her horror to a sheriff after she found herself in the dock for a second time in two years to admit drug-driving.

He claimed that he found the kitchen knife.

Police found it during a search.

Stephanie Rennie’s crime was only discovered when CCTV footage was checked by staff.

"If this properly reflects your beliefs then there is something deeply wrong with you," says Sheriff Gary Aitken.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard the 21-year-old who had the drug is no longer a ‘heavy user’ because he wants to join the Army.

A man has avoided a prison sentence after a police raid seized cocaine worth more than £10,000 from a house in Inverness.

Jail sentence for duo recruited by serious organised crime gang.

Sheriff told attacker only reason he’s not in prison is that “penny seemed to drop”.