INVERNESS SHERIFF COURT ROUND-UP:
Here is our round-up of the most prominent cases at Inverness Sheriff Court from the past week:
A sheriff was appalled when he heard how a 35-year-old man lived in "squalor" alongside his four dogs, a snake, a pygmy hedgehog and a catfish.
A 51-year-old American tourist spent part of her holiday in the Highlands on a shoplifting spree because she was running out of money to buy souvenirs for family and friends.
Inverness man’s jaw fractured in row over comment to teenager
An upsetting remark towards a teenager walking across an Inverness city centre bridge with an adult companion prompted a violent response.
Inverness shop worker admits embezzling £10k
Sentence has been deferred on a 63-year-old woman after she admitted embezzling £10,000 from a Dalneigh newsagent and general store.
Inverness homes raided by Mexican and Colombian tourists
Four tourists claimed they had met by accident in Inverness before hatching a plot to break into two luxury city properties which had large sums of cash and expensive designer goods and jewellery inside.
