Courts

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.

Sheriff Gary Aitken branded the behaviour as "repugnant and a truly appalling course of dishonest conduct".

A new sheriff is set to start at Tain Sheriff Court next month.

A request to try on a top hat being worn by a Dingwall pub customer led to two men coming to blows.

He admitted a total of 11 charges of dishonesty across the Highlands.

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.

The assaults occurred in properties in Ardersier and Inverness between June 2019 and May, 2022.

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 sheriff told him if it was not for his solicitor's plea, he had an 18-month prison sentence in mind.

The teenager made no plea, was committed for further examination and released on bail.

'I urge drivers to think about not only themselves but others who are using the road network too.'

A Caithness seafood company has been fined £80,000 after a fisherman drowned when his leg was caught in a rope and he was pulled overboard.

A Sutherland man got an expensive reminder that air weapons must be licensed and kept secure when he was fined a total of £865

A 27-year-old first offender from Sutherland was jailed for 18 months after being caught bringing cocaine worth £12,500 into the Highlands.

Stuart Liley was also found 'in suspicious circumstances' at Dornoch Academy.

A man and woman have been charged with a number of offences and are due to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court on Monday.

A former Celtic youth coach has been convicted of sexually assaulting boys who he had befriended while running a soccer academy in Easter Ross.

His defence agent said first offender Bound had 'suffered a kind of brain fog and was ashamed and embarrassed about what he had done.