Courts

A Ross-shire man with a record for domestic violence narrowly escaped a jail sentence yesterday.

A police officer suffered a broken wrist and another was bitten on her leg when they tried to arrest a man involved in an Easter Ross disturbance.

Two Ullapool men appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court on Monday on a series of charges.

A former heroin addict who stole a push bike from a car in Dingwall had stayed out of trouble for 13 years.

A DINGWALL woman who spat at a police officer before the coronavirus outbreak has been ordered to carry out 80 hours of unpaid community work.

A 71-year-old drink-driver who crashed into a lorry and a car just before Christmas was banned from driving for a year.

A MAN who "exploded with rage" at his Ross-shire girlfriend when she told him their relationship was over has been jailed for 45 days.

Two men who caused a disturbance at the Belladrum music festival last year have been fined at Inverness Sheriff Court.

A Muir of Ord woman had sentence deferred for good behaviour for six months afteradmitting causing a disturbance in Inverness.

A FISHERMAN was fined £640 after causing a disturbance at a pre-lockdown party in Inverness.

A man on the run fled to the Highlands to avoid being recalled to prison, a sheriff court heard this week.

A MAN who cares for his vulnerable mother on the Black Isle was left regretting a decision to bring shopping to her when he was over the limit.

DEFERRING a ruling over the future of a care home at the centre of a deadly Covid-19 hotspot "continues uncertainty" for its residents, says an MSP.

THE future running of a Skye care home where 10 residents died from Covid-19 should be decided in the next eight weeks.

A ROSS-SHIRE chef exposed two police officers to the risk of Covid-19 by spitting close to them and coughing in the face of another.

A NEW chapter in the short but disrupted life of the new Inverness Justice Centre opened today.

A 48-year-old who was jailed for endangering police lives by coughing in officers' faces has had his jail sentence increased.

A former nurse took drugs to self-medicate following a serious assault, a court heard.

AN Alness man appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday facing charges of threatening behaviour and assault to severe injury.

A Ross-shire woman revealed to her solicitor for the first time why she had 28 previous convictions in the last four years for nuisance 999 calls.