Crime

A 41-year-old Inverness woman who struck a man over the head with a toilet cistern in an Inverness bar will be sentenced next month.

A DISPUTE with a neighbour landed a 40-year-old Inverness man in the dock of Inverness Sheriff Court this week.

A PAINTER and decorator fell out with his partner at her house and decided to drive his van home to Drumnadrochit.

Recorded crime across the region has also risen slightly since the region began to emerge from Covid-19 restrictions.

Grief runs to its own timetable in each of us, impacts us all differently, and going through it is a far-from linear process.

The killer of Renee MacRae and their son Andrew has started appeal proceedings only days after he was sentenced to life at Inverness High Court.

A top criminologist has said that William MacDowell firmly believed he had got away with the 1976 double murder of Renee MacRae and her son Andrew.

The toilet block is located near the splashpad and is widely used.

A top criminologist has said that William MacDowell firmly believed he had got away with the 1976 double murder of Renee MacRae and her son Andrew.

Police officers are seeking information in connection with damage caused to a door at an Inverness church.

He was said to be under the influence of drugs at the time.

The trio appeared in court facing several charges of theft.

The campiagn will see a collaborative approach to tackle the drugs problem.

The murder has baffled police for almost 20 years.

DCI Geddes said there was no point in being anything other than optimistic.

Police have urged MacDowell to tell them where the bodies are.

Detectives have not given up hope of finding their remains even after four decades.

Here the Inverness Courier presents a timeline of the case that convicted William MacDowell.

Watch the video of Renee's sister outside the High Court in Inverness.

Watch the police deliver a statement outside the High Court in Inverness.