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Driver denies mobile phone driving charge

07 December 2021
Driver denies mobile phone driving charge

Driver denies mobile phone driving charge

07 December 2021

A young Sutherland driver is to contest a charge of using a hand-held mobile phone while driving.


Inverness trial for man accused of Renee MacRae murder

24 November 2021
Inverness trial for man accused of Renee MacRae murder

Inverness trial for man accused of Renee MacRae murder

24 November 2021

Bill MacDowell judged fit to stand trial for the alleged murder of Inverness woman Renee MacRae and her three-year-old son Andrew 45 years ago.


Sutherland man had 170 indecent images of children on laptop

16 November 2021
Sutherland man had 170 indecent images of children on laptop

Sutherland man had 170 indecent images of children on laptop

16 November 2021

A Sutherland man who admitted possessing indecent images of children claimed he didn't "knowingly" download them.


Tain man sentenced over sexual assaults on teenage girls

12 November 2021
Tain man sentenced over sexual assaults on teenage girls

Tain man sentenced over sexual assaults on teenage girls

12 November 2021

A supermarket worker who sexually assaulted two teenage girls after befriending them on Snapchat has avoided a jail sentence.


Dornoch man faces rape charges

10 November 2021
Dornoch man faces rape charges

Dornoch man faces rape charges

10 November 2021

A 31-year-old Dornoch man appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court on Monday on six charges of rape and other alleged offences.


Golspie teenager had naked images of girl (12)

22 October 2021
Golspie teenager had naked images of girl (12)

Golspie teenager had naked images of girl (12)

22 October 2021

Police raided the home of a Sutherland teenager after discovering that a 12-year-old girl had been sending him naked images of herself.


Trial date further delayed

13 October 2021
Trial date further delayed

Trial date further delayed

13 October 2021

Trial date for the case against Inverness man William MacDowell accused of murdering mother Renee MacRae and her young son in 1976 further delayed.


Court hears safety failings led to far north worker's fall from roof

06 October 2021
Court hears safety failings led to far north worker's fall from roof

Court hears safety failings led to far north worker's fall from roof

06 October 2021

A worker suffered serious injuries after he fell through the grain store roof he was repairing at a Far North farm.


Ex Brora Rangers player banned over drink-driving offence

05 October 2021
Ex Brora Rangers player banned over drink-driving offence

Ex Brora Rangers player banned over drink-driving offence

05 October 2021

A former Brora Rangers player who played for six other Highland League clubs was shown the red card by a sheriff and banned from driving for a year.


Prisoner back behind bars after grandmother calls police to remove drunk grandson

04 October 2021
Prisoner back behind bars after grandmother calls police to remove drunk grandson

Prisoner back behind bars after grandmother calls police to remove drunk grandson

04 October 2021

A Sutherland man who was released early from a prison sentence for robbing a Wick filling station shop at knifepoint is back in custody.


Renee MacRae latest: Murder trial hearing postponed after accused suffers 'bizarre accident'

29 September 2021
Renee MacRae latest: Murder trial hearing postponed after accused suffers 'bizarre accident'

Renee MacRae latest: Murder trial hearing postponed after accused suffers 'bizarre accident'

29 September 2021

A PENSIONER accused of murdering a woman and a boy in 1976 has not been able to have a trial set after falling from a wall.


Scourie B&B operator ordered to make donation to charity after abusive behaviour in shop

29 September 2021
Scourie B&B operator ordered to make donation to charity after abusive behaviour in shop

Scourie B&B operator ordered to make donation to charity after abusive behaviour in shop

29 September 2021

Ronald Purdie, aged 70, who runs the Stonechats B and B in Scourie, appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday.


Speeding driver, who reached 95mph on A9, ordered to make a personal appearance in court

19 August 2021
Speeding driver, who reached 95mph on A9, ordered to make a personal appearance in court

Speeding driver, who reached 95mph on A9, ordered to make a personal appearance in court

19 August 2021

A sheriff has ordered a personal appearance by a driver whose speed he described as 'ludicrous'.


Groundsman from Brora avoids jail over bail breach

12 July 2021
Groundsman from Brora avoids jail over bail breach

Groundsman from Brora avoids jail over bail breach

12 July 2021

A Brora man who breached a court order banning him from contacting a woman has avoided a prison sentence because he is in full employment.


Priest admits sexually abusing two boys at former Fort Augustus Abbey school

11 June 2021
Priest admits sexually abusing two boys at former Fort Augustus Abbey school

Priest admits sexually abusing two boys at former Fort Augustus Abbey school

11 June 2021

Denis Alexander (85) has admitted preying on the boys while teaching history at the fee paying school in the 1970s.


Rapist's victims praised for bravery after he is jailed for 15 years

11 June 2021
Rapist's victims praised for bravery after he is jailed for 15 years

Rapist's victims praised for bravery after he is jailed for 15 years

11 June 2021

A RAPIST'S victims have been commended for their bravery in helping bring him to justice following his 15-year imprisonment


Far north lifeboat volunteer caught speeding at 95 mph while heading to a training exercise

03 June 2021
Far north lifeboat volunteer caught speeding at 95 mph while heading to a training exercise

Far north lifeboat volunteer caught speeding at 95 mph while heading to a training exercise

03 June 2021

A lifeboat volunteer who clocked up a driving speed of 95 mph was said to have been rushing to catch the vessel for a training exercise.


Sheriff bans and fines careless delivery driver and tells him: 'This could have ended much worse'

11 May 2021
Sheriff bans and fines careless delivery driver and tells him: 'This could have ended much worse'

Sheriff bans and fines careless delivery driver and tells him: 'This could have ended much worse'

11 May 2021

A delivery driver's careless overtaking manoeuvre on the A9 near Rosskeen landed him a ban and fine.


Court ban failed to stop man from going to Boleskine House

23 April 2021
Court ban failed to stop man from going to Boleskine House

Court ban failed to stop man from going to Boleskine House

23 April 2021

A homeless man obsessed with the Highland home of the self-proclaimed "wickedest man in the world", Aleister Crowley, will be sentenced next month.


Cannabis cultivation led to house exploding

24 March 2021
Cannabis cultivation led to house exploding

Cannabis cultivation led to house exploding

24 March 2021

AN explosion which badly damaged a Dingwall house was caused by the occupants growing cannabis.


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