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Ex Brora Rangers player banned over drink-driving offence

05 October 2021
Ex Brora Rangers player banned over drink-driving offence

Ex Brora Rangers player banned over drink-driving offence

05 October 2021

A former Brora Rangers player who played for six other Highland League clubs was shown the red card by a sheriff and banned from driving for a year.


Prisoner back behind bars after grandmother calls police to remove drunk grandson

04 October 2021
Prisoner back behind bars after grandmother calls police to remove drunk grandson

Prisoner back behind bars after grandmother calls police to remove drunk grandson

04 October 2021

A Sutherland man who was released early from a prison sentence for robbing a Wick filling station shop at knifepoint is back in custody.


Renee MacRae latest: Murder trial hearing postponed after accused suffers 'bizarre accident'

29 September 2021
Renee MacRae latest: Murder trial hearing postponed after accused suffers 'bizarre accident'

Renee MacRae latest: Murder trial hearing postponed after accused suffers 'bizarre accident'

29 September 2021

A PENSIONER accused of murdering a woman and a boy in 1976 has not been able to have a trial set after falling from a wall.


Scourie B&B operator ordered to make donation to charity after abusive behaviour in shop

29 September 2021
Scourie B&B operator ordered to make donation to charity after abusive behaviour in shop

Scourie B&B operator ordered to make donation to charity after abusive behaviour in shop

29 September 2021

Ronald Purdie, aged 70, who runs the Stonechats B and B in Scourie, appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday.


Speeding driver, who reached 95mph on A9, ordered to make a personal appearance in court

19 August 2021
Speeding driver, who reached 95mph on A9, ordered to make a personal appearance in court

Speeding driver, who reached 95mph on A9, ordered to make a personal appearance in court

19 August 2021

A sheriff has ordered a personal appearance by a driver whose speed he described as 'ludicrous'.


Groundsman from Brora avoids jail over bail breach

12 July 2021
Groundsman from Brora avoids jail over bail breach

Groundsman from Brora avoids jail over bail breach

12 July 2021

A Brora man who breached a court order banning him from contacting a woman has avoided a prison sentence because he is in full employment.


Priest admits sexually abusing two boys at former Fort Augustus Abbey school

11 June 2021
Priest admits sexually abusing two boys at former Fort Augustus Abbey school

Priest admits sexually abusing two boys at former Fort Augustus Abbey school

11 June 2021

Denis Alexander (85) has admitted preying on the boys while teaching history at the fee paying school in the 1970s.


Rapist's victims praised for bravery after he is jailed for 15 years

11 June 2021
Rapist's victims praised for bravery after he is jailed for 15 years

Rapist's victims praised for bravery after he is jailed for 15 years

11 June 2021

A RAPIST'S victims have been commended for their bravery in helping bring him to justice following his 15-year imprisonment


Far north lifeboat volunteer caught speeding at 95 mph while heading to a training exercise

03 June 2021
Far north lifeboat volunteer caught speeding at 95 mph while heading to a training exercise

Far north lifeboat volunteer caught speeding at 95 mph while heading to a training exercise

03 June 2021

A lifeboat volunteer who clocked up a driving speed of 95 mph was said to have been rushing to catch the vessel for a training exercise.


Sheriff bans and fines careless delivery driver and tells him: 'This could have ended much worse'

11 May 2021
Sheriff bans and fines careless delivery driver and tells him: 'This could have ended much worse'

Sheriff bans and fines careless delivery driver and tells him: 'This could have ended much worse'

11 May 2021

A delivery driver's careless overtaking manoeuvre on the A9 near Rosskeen landed him a ban and fine.


Court ban failed to stop man from going to Boleskine House

23 April 2021
Court ban failed to stop man from going to Boleskine House

Court ban failed to stop man from going to Boleskine House

23 April 2021

A homeless man obsessed with the Highland home of the self-proclaimed "wickedest man in the world", Aleister Crowley, will be sentenced next month.


Cannabis cultivation led to house exploding

24 March 2021
Cannabis cultivation led to house exploding

Cannabis cultivation led to house exploding

24 March 2021

AN explosion which badly damaged a Dingwall house was caused by the occupants growing cannabis.


Unpaid work order for Skerray man who stalked former partner

18 February 2021
Unpaid work order for Skerray man who stalked former partner

Unpaid work order for Skerray man who stalked former partner

18 February 2021

A Sutherland man whose heavy drinking cost him his relationship with a neighbour bombarded her with text and social media messages.


Trial date set for former Highland capital busker charged with rape and sexual assault

05 February 2021
Trial date set for former Highland capital busker charged with rape and sexual assault

Trial date set for former Highland capital busker charged with rape and sexual assault

05 February 2021

A former busker is to stand trial on 25 charges.


Former Helmsdale resident fined £3k and banned from road for four years for causing death by careless driving

04 February 2021
Former Helmsdale resident fined £3k and banned from road for four years for causing death by careless driving

Former Helmsdale resident fined £3k and banned from road for four years for causing death by careless driving

04 February 2021

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.


Head instructor at Glenmore Lodge exposed by paedophile hunters

01 February 2021
Head instructor at Glenmore Lodge exposed by paedophile hunters

Head instructor at Glenmore Lodge exposed by paedophile hunters

01 February 2021

Case has cost him his job, home, wife and contact with his own children


Road ban and fine for Elphin drug-driver

07 January 2021
Road ban and fine for Elphin drug-driver

Road ban and fine for Elphin drug-driver

07 January 2021

A DRIVER from Sutherland took to the wheel after consuming a huge amount of medication, a court heard.


Tain men remanded in custody over alleged Pitgrudy incident

06 January 2021
Tain men remanded in custody over alleged Pitgrudy incident

Tain men remanded in custody over alleged Pitgrudy incident

06 January 2021

Two Tain men appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday in connection with an alleged incident in Pitgrudy, outside Dornoch.


Man appears in court on alleged Helmsdale charges

06 January 2021
Man appears in court on alleged Helmsdale charges

Man appears in court on alleged Helmsdale charges

06 January 2021

A 47 year old man appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday on several charges including two of possessing a bladed weapon.


Court appearance following New Year's Day incident at Pitgrudy

04 January 2021
Court appearance following New Year's Day incident at Pitgrudy

Court appearance following New Year's Day incident at Pitgrudy

04 January 2021

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.


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