Courts

Here's our recap of some of the cases that made the headlines last week.

An Easter Ross man and his friend who were in their cars on the A9 north were caught speeding at 104mph in a 60mph section of the road.

Court hears he took off woman’s glasses while assaulting her.

Ryan MacDonald (31) committed the offences - which included three charges of rape - in the Sutherland, Inverness and Aberdeen areas.

A former Inverness man was told to stay away from the city and Scotland after he admitted threatening his neighbours.

Police Scotland release image of Bruce Davis who was found guilty today.

A sheriff praised the swift action of a taxi driver who managed to avoid a head-on collision with a BMW driving on the same side of the road.

After the jury returned its verdict, they were told Bruce Davis had a previous attempted murder conviction.

"I never hit my mother once,” 52-year-old tells the High Court in Inverness.

Sheriff has “deep concerns” about prospect of abuser and victim getting back together.

“I always thought I was safe with him, but not any more,” 78-year-old told police.

A man has been jailed for eight months for his part in the theft of two items of building equipment.

A rapist who subjected a girl to years of sex abuse should’ve been jailed longer, her mother has said after calling his prison term “a disgrace”.

A company director elbowed a man on the face in a case of apparent mistaken identity in a nightclub.

Here's our recap of some of the cases that made the headlines last week.

A paedophile who said the child he repeatedly raped initiated sex with him has been jailed for 10 years.

She earlier fibbed to loved ones that she had signed million-pound contracts.

His bruised and bloodied mother has died since the January 1, 2023 alleged incident.

A dangerous driver who careered through streets in Wick has avoided a prison term.

The court heard that the 78-year-old survived the attack but had died since the alleged incident.