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The former director of a free-range egg company has been jailed for two years and three months for animal welfare and hygiene offences.
A Sutherland man has been ordered to pay his former partner compensation of £500 for causing damage to her home in Thurso after she split up with him.
The man turned up twice with the weapon before police were called.
An Easter Ross sex predator has been locked up for 18 months after conviction earlier this year.
Encrypted Encrochat phone placed one of them at mid level in hierarchy of organised crime gang
The sister of the murdered woman and a leading police detective have issued a direct appeal to the convicted killer.
Today William MacDowell was found guilty of the 1976 murders of Renee and Andrew MacRae at the High Court in Inverness.
A JURY are considering their verdict in the 46-year-old mystery around Renee MacRae and her son, Andrew which has been treated by police as murder.
The defence counsel is making a closing speech to jurors.
One of the men shouted homophobic abuse and the other committed an assault to injury.
THE last utterance of Renee MacRae when she was alive was a "blood-curdling scream" in the dark, a court has heard.
The man accused of the murders of Renee MacRae and their son decided against giving evidence in his own defence at his High Court trial in Inverness.
THE trial over the murders of Renee and Andrew Macrae today heard that there is 'no evidence' that either are still alive.
The man accused of murdering Renee MacRae and their son Andrew confessed to killing her to his handyman – and then retracted it immediately.
A convicted criminal told police he was to be paid cash to douse Renee and Andrew with acid and kill them by William MacDowell.
The High Court in Inverness has heard details of statements made by the murder accused during police interviews.
The High Court in Inverness has heard a figure was seen trying to hide behind a Volvo estate car.
The High Court in Inverness has heard William MacDowell wanted a new boot floor fitted to his vehicle soon after Renee and Andrew MacRae disappeared.
A murder suspect's wife blurted out to police 'I never stabbed her or whatever happened to her'.
The court was told the action was witnessed when a colleague arrived at his home to retrieve the company vehicle.
