Burgess (29) had been on a night out in the Highland capital.
A paedophile who directed and recorded appalling sex attacks on young girls over the internet from his home Lochinver has been jailed for 12 years.
Patrick McGuire had been visiting Scotland with his wife Anne when tragedy struck.
The minister got behind the wheel with a "very high" reading of alcohol in his system.
A paedophile who directed sex attacks and rapes of young girls in the Philippines from his home in the Highlands was told to expect a jail sentence.
A Sutherland man was fined £240 at Wick Sheriff Court on Wednesday after he admitted having driven without insurance and while unsupervised.
The court heard the group had been out for a drive after a birthday party.
Two men have been jailed after admitting a string of thefts and attempted thefts across the Highlands.
Police recovered 14 wraps of diamorphine concealed within him.
Alasdair Finlayson was jailed for nine years after he was found to be in charge of the operation in the Highlands.
A north Sutherland man is facing sentences on a string of charges involving abusive behaviour toward police officers and road traffic offences.
He made no plea and was released on bail following the New Years Day crash.
The former director of a free-range egg company has been jailed for two years and three months for animal welfare and hygiene offences.
A Sutherland man has been ordered to pay his former partner compensation of £500 for causing damage to her home in Thurso after she split up with him.
The man turned up twice with the weapon before police were called.
An Easter Ross sex predator has been locked up for 18 months after conviction earlier this year.
Encrypted Encrochat phone placed one of them at mid level in hierarchy of organised crime gang
The sister of the murdered woman and a leading police detective have issued a direct appeal to the convicted killer.
Today William MacDowell was found guilty of the 1976 murders of Renee and Andrew MacRae at the High Court in Inverness.
A JURY are considering their verdict in the 46-year-old mystery around Renee MacRae and her son, Andrew which has been treated by police as murder.