Courts

A man sat frozen in fear as a woman held a knife to his throat and her companion forced their victim to transfer £100 to his bank account.

A couple living beside a remote railway station in Caithness are alleged to have repeatedly stood on the rail track in the path of oncoming trains.

Defendant’s views described as ‘outdated and patriarchal’

Two men have been convicted of operating a major cannabis farm at a once-ruined mansion in Caithness.

A Tain man who forced two girls to watch pornography has been made subject of severe restrictions regarding his contact with females under 18.

An Inverness rapist who faked his own death to avoid justice and was later jailed for 15 years has had two months added to his sentence.

An elderly Sutherland man was so lonely he got himself a mobile phone while he was in hospital and began to source chat rooms.

Inverness Justice Centre is at the centre of a major health scare over high levels of a cancer-causing gas.

Aaron Gunn assaulted two police constables at his home in Golspie last September.

A Reay man banned from seeing his partner hid under a baby’s cot when police called at her house, Wick Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday.

An elderly Sutherland man was snared by paedophile hunters after he indecently communicated with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl.

A Sutherland woman who drove away after an accident she caused was fined £200 at Wick Sheriff Court.

The collision occurred on the A9 at Doll, between Brora and Golspie, at around 6.10pm on Thursday.

A convicted sex offender attacked two police officers who made a routine visit to his Golspie home to check on him.

A woman who admitted conducting herself in a threatening manner towards a man in a Wester Ross village has been admonished.

Sheriff Ian Cruickshank heard details of the tragic case and told the court how he will deal with sentencing.

Wick Sheriff Court heard details on Monday of the tragic incident in August 2021 that led to the death of Iain Mackay from Wick.

The move to ‘better serve’ the north follows Kate Forbes’ call to dismantle the local authority.

He ran off after the collision, but he left his passenger who told the police who he was.

The court heard the 57-year-old had a similar conviction before.