Two men have appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court for a second time charged with the murder of a 36-year-old local man.
A sheriff told a Caithness man she found it "unfathomable" how anyone could derive pleasure from watching young children being sexually abused.
Cameron Gray, who lives near Tain, will be sentenced next month after admitting downloading a total of 685 indecent images of children.
Two men have appeared in court charged with the murder of Ross MacGillivray (36) in Inverness just over a week ago.
Footage from a camera which the cyclist had mounted on his handlebars was shown at Inverness Sheriff Court.
National Child Abuse Investigation officers raided a a former Sutherland man's home and found hundreds of child abuse images on his devices.
A sheriff who jailed a domestic abuser for two years said the evidence of three victims was "harrowing" and "some of the worst examples I have seen".
An East Kilbride man caught speeding in north Sutherland has been fined £200.
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.
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 teenager made no plea, was committed for further examination and released on bail.
Stuart Liley was also found 'in suspicious circumstances' at Dornoch Academy.
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 biker died following a collision with a car at a rural road junction in Caithness, a sheriff heard on Tuesday.
A tirade of abuse was directed at police when they were called to a Dornoch housing estate to deal with a possible disturbance.
A man living in Ullapool sexually assaulted a woman in a Sutherland house after raping his first victim in Glasgow months earlier.
The former chairman and treasurer of a popular small Black Isle museum has admitted embezzling almost £19,000 from it over three years.
The man was assaulted after he confronted his attacker outside his home.
A gangland boss who hid drugs valued at thousands of pounds in secret woodland “stash sites” has been jailed for five years and eight months.