Courts

He hid from colleagues after stealing the cash from a safe.

He also spat in the face of the police officer but avoided a jail sentence.

Disagreement over whether a window should be open or closed led to assault.

Words had been exchanged between the pair before they went outside

She was accusing her partner of being a "grass" during the attack.

He targeted businesses in Inverness and Alness as well as a private house while the owner was asleep.

He admitted a course of domestic abuse against his former partner.

Supermarket staff were threatened and abused.

The details of what happened were related at Inverness Sheriff Court today.

Defence solicitor said: "There had been some to-ing and fro-ing between them because the other boy had been messaging my client's partner."

Police conducted a roadside test in Barn Church Road.

A Post Office worker became suspicious after receiving a parcel.

Police became suspicious when a Mercedes car behind their patrol vehicle was reluctant to pass them.

He kicked car door as it was being opened, injuring woman.

A revelation that his partner had a brief affair resulted in a woman being struck in the face.

The sheriff told him: "This was unacceptable behaviour."

He admitted driving with an unsafe amount of a cannabis metabolyte in his system.

Defence solicitor said: "He does not know what came over him."

A frightened woman texted friends to seek help after her abusive partner took her to an unfamiliar wooded area and she did not know how to get out.

An Inverness man who had driven on various streets in the Dores Road area was stopped by police on suspicion of drink-driving.