WEEKEND COURT ROUND UP: Traffic cone attack, Fairways fire accused and knife carrying

It’s been another busy week at Inverness Sheriff Court.

Here are this week’s headlines:

Teenager struck man with traffic cone on Nairn High Street and assaulted another a few days later

An Inverness teenager carried out two assaults on different people a few days later.

Cameron Young (19) repeatedly punched a man on the head, struck him on the body with a traffic cone and grabbed him by the body on July 20 last year in Nairn High Street.

Young also repeatedly pushed the same victim against a window, dragged him to the ground and continued to punch him on the head while he was lying down.

Court told of previous offender found carrying knife on city street

A 21-year-old Inverness man who was found by police in a public place carrying a knife will be sentenced next month.

Lewis Fitzgerald, of Cook Drive, Inverness, pleaded guilty at Inverness Sheriff Court to possessing the blade without a reasonable excuse in the city’s Anderson Street on January 9.

Sex offender ‘forgot’ to tell police address

A sex offender who failed to notify the police of where he would be staying on his release from remand while he was awaiting a court appearance has been fined £520.

David Geddes, of Hawthorn Drive, Inverness, appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court and admitted a breach of notification requirements by not telling the police the information when he was liberated.

Inverness court deals with second man accused over business park fire

A second man has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court in connection with the fire that destroyed several premises at the city’s Fairways Business Park in March.

Jason Gallacher (38), from Armadale, West Lothian, appeared from custody today after his arrest and was remanded in custody when his case called before Sheriff Sara Matheson.