Courts

David Sinders is charged with killing Gary MacKay (35) and Dwayne MacLeay (28) at a house in the Highland capital on May 28 last year.

A former busker is to stand trial on 25 charges.

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.

A 43-year-old Inverness woman appeared in private from custody charged with the attempted murder of three men following a car crash in the city.

CRIMINAL courts in the Highlands are creaking under the strain of the Covid pandemic – after the number of trials was slashed by up to 75 per cent.

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 lorry driver's truck became attached to the rear of a small Nissan as the HGV drifted into the inside lane of a dual carriageway.

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 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.