A retired welder was killed instantly when an elderly motorist drifted on to the opposite side of the A9 and there was a head-on collision.
Case has cost him his job, home, wife and contact with his own children
A DRIVER from Sutherland took to the wheel after consuming a huge amount of medication, a court heard.
Two Tain men appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday in connection with an alleged incident in Pitgrudy, outside Dornoch.
A 47 year old man appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday on several charges including two of possessing a bladed weapon.
Two men are to appear in court tomorrow in connection with an incident at an address at Pitgrudy, north of Dornoch, on New Year’s Day.
A MAN who stole a brand new £40,000 Jaguar from an Inverness garage to get home to Birmingham was jailed for eight months.
A MILTON man was so desperate for money to buy drugs that he set himself up as a tradesman and pressured vulnerable residents to employ him.
Brora drink-driver Patrick Blackburn has been fined £900 and banned from the road for three years.
A DANGEROUS driver reached nearly double the speed limit on a north road, a court heard.
An elderly driver who caused the death of another motorist has spoken through his lawyer of his “deep sadness” at the incident.
A Brora man was jailed for 12 months today after admitting assaulting a man with a bottle while having an axe up his sleeve.
A sexual predator was caught in an online sting while staying at a Kinlochbervie bed and breakfast.
A Brora man who verbally abused his partner, smashed a mirror and kicked a door, has been fined a total of £565.
A SUTHERLAND farmer is denying allowing his stock to stray onto a stretch of the trunk road where there is a series of sharp bends.
A SHERIFF has ordered background reports to be prepared on a Brora man who threatened his partner and caused damage.
Convicted killer Nigel Whitham, of Phimister Crescent, Embo, who is out of jail on licence, has been given a road ban.
The distressed partner of a Dornoch man ran half-a-mile to a public phone box at night to call police after he acted aggressively towards her.
A GOLSPIE man described as a “pillar of his community”, took to the wheel while more than four times over the drink-drive limit.
A young Golspie man’s behaviour was so hostile and aggressive after he took drink and drugs, that police feared for his well being.