Courts

A former police officer who specialised in security vehicle escorts has been found guilty of careless driving.

A man with the same name as a controversial pop star threatened to kill one of those teasing him about the coincidence.

An expectant father woke up in a bad mood and shouted abuse at his pregnant partner which forced the distressed mum-to-be to leave in her pyjamas.

It is also claimed the Inverness man threatened to fire bomb Dingwall Police Station.

A teenager punched and kicked a man to death in a frenzied attack because he thought a woman was being sexually assaulted.

Police caught a man driving after having taken cocaine twice within three months last year, Inverness Sheriff Court was told.

A man has a chance to get his life on track after a sheriff instructed he be released to take part in the second part of a drug treatment order.

A 20-year-old hit another man with a mallet causing egg-like swelling to appear on his victim’s forehead.

A man has appeared in court in connection with a fire in Dingwall on Sunday morning which closed the High Street for around five hours.

The 46-year-old could receive further punishment in July.

Lending a friend money who then refused to pay it back resulted in a man stealing an X box and speakers from the man's unlocked flat in Alness.

A man sat frozen in fear as a woman held a knife to his throat and her companion forced him to transfer £100 to his bank account.

Sheriff Neil Wilson described the case as “ill-advised” and a “personal vendetta”.

Police raided a man's home and discovered a tub of cannabis and a plant being grown in the loft by the occupant.

A man downloaded and retained over 200 images of children being abused on four electronic devices over a 10 year period.

As it threatens to take one ex-employee to court despite cancelling a repayment meeting and not rescheduling.

Two bikers were caught in a police speed trap travelling along a popular straight stretch of road in the Highlands which has snared many speeders.

Inverness thug smashed his way into a Dingwall house.

A boy who was travelling on a train in Sutherland was frightened when a passenger stared at him and slammed a Swiss Army style knife onto a table.

A man from Tain spotted police - who were looking for someone else - and ran away. He was caught with nearly £20,000 worth of cannabis.