Courts

Greenpeace protestors were able to board an oil rig in the Cromarty Firth for the second time in a week because of a “communication failure”.

A Porsche driver has been convicted of causing serious injury to two German motorcyclists on NC500.

A horror road smash involving two German motorcyclists and the driver of a high-powered sports car in Sutherland was recalled in court this week.

A gang ripped off small businesses in the north Highlands to the tune of hundreds of pounds in a forged cheque scam, a court heard.

Ten drivers are being reported in connection with alleged drink driving offences in the Highlands and Islands during the last week

A drink-driver’s attempt to negotiate a pothole on a rural Sutherland road, proved to be his downfall.

A care worker at a north care home was caught drink driving as she was on her way to start a night shift.

Jail has had no effect on a phone pest who persists in making nuisance calls to the emergency services, a court was told.

A knife-wielding man caused terror and alarm in the centre of a Highland port last Friday, a court heard.

An elderly driver who caused a road smash on the A9 has been fined and banned from the road.

AN uninsured and unlicensed driver, who had been drinking, tried to evade police by hiding behind a bush in his neighbour’s garden.

An Alness man, who assaulted a supermarket supervisor and then threatened to kill staff, could be put on a curfew.

A German man who was involved with the production of cannabis in a remote Sutherland cottage, has been jailed for two years.

A North window cleaner sexually assaulted an 87-year-old woman at her Dornoch home over a period of 18 months when she was suffering from dementia.

A north teenager repaid a bus driver who had let him on board for free, by spitting twice in his face.