INVERNESS SHERIFF COURT ROUND-UP: Offenders involved with abusing bouncers, drug driving and setting fire to a house and a caravan
Inverness Sheriff Court saw a huge mix of criminal business in this last week.
Here's our recap of some of the cases that made the headlines.
Inverness pub trip ends in extra expense after abuse of door staff
Door staff at an Inverness pub were abused by a potential customer after he was refused entry to the premises because he was drunk.
Cornwall man faces charges of setting fire to caravan in Lochinver and house in Nairn
A 42-year-old Cornwall man has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court on two charges of wilful fireraising.
Drink-driver caught again while disqualified from being at wheel
A self-employed roughcaster who drove with drugs and alcohol in his system twice last year was also a disqualified driver when he was caught by police on the second occasion.
Inverness sheriff slams man for ‘disgusting’ act
A man assaulted his partner and spat at her mother. Steven Potter (42) also uttered derogatory remarks and refused to get out of the car on a journey between Inverness’s Morrisons supermarket and Kessock Road.
Inverness drug-driver was four times the legal limit for cocaine
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that when officers saw 51-year-old Ronald Wheelhouse, of the city’s Bridgeview Drive, in the driver's seat, they suspected he was intoxicated and tested him for drugs.
Inverness panicking motorist drove in wrong direction on Telford Road in bid to escape police
A motorist who had just bought a car two days before panicked when he saw a police patrol as he drove through the Merkinch area of Inverness.
Inverness woman ‘fainted’ outside Merkinch Primary School so her pal could steal handbag
At Inverness Sheriff Court, Courtney Smith, whose address was given on court papers as Myrtletown Park, Westhill appeared by video link from remand for sentence on the robbery she admitted on April 15.
