Courts

He admitted a total of 11 charges of dishonesty across the Highlands.

He insisted nothing 'sinister' had gone on when he shared a bed with boys under his care

Naomi MacIvor admitted threatening behaviour and two charges of assault.

The assaults occurred in properties in Ardersier and Inverness between June 2019 and May, 2022.

Police received a tip-off that indecent images of children were on devices belonging to a Welshman who was staying with his partner in Brora.

The sheriff told him if it was not for his solicitor's plea, he had an 18-month prison sentence in mind.

The teenager made no plea, was committed for further examination and released on bail.

'I urge drivers to think about not only themselves but others who are using the road network too.'

A Caithness seafood company has been fined £80,000 after a fisherman drowned when his leg was caught in a rope and he was pulled overboard.

A Sutherland man got an expensive reminder that air weapons must be licensed and kept secure when he was fined a total of £865

A 27-year-old first offender from Sutherland was jailed for 18 months after being caught bringing cocaine worth £12,500 into the Highlands.

Stuart Liley was also found 'in suspicious circumstances' at Dornoch Academy.

A man and woman have been charged with a number of offences and are due to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court on Monday.

A former Celtic youth coach has been convicted of sexually assaulting boys who he had befriended while running a soccer academy in Easter Ross.

His defence agent said first offender Bound had 'suffered a kind of brain fog and was ashamed and embarrassed about what he had done.

A tirade of abuse was directed at police when they were called to a Dornoch housing estate to deal with a possible disturbance.

A boy was abused by his football coach for years after joining a local soccer team, a jury has been told.

Prosecutors said a man would still be alive today if appropriate safety procedures had been in place at the time of his death.

An experienced fish farm worker drowned after he was crushed between a boat and a barge as he tried to disembark a moving transfer vessel.

Lord Uist warned that Justice Secretary Angela Constance’s proposals constituted a 'serious attack upon the independence of the judiciary'