Crime

Between Monday, November 25 and Sunday, December 1, officers across the country identified and safeguarded a number of vulnerable people.

Andrew Wilson, then aged four, saw his father Alistair lying in a pool of blood after he was shot in Nairn.

Figures show 89 offences recorded in Highlands and Islands during last year's festive period

Owners of an Ardgay shop and take-away say they are “lost for words” after a show of support from its local community.

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

Extracts from the Sutherland Constabulary Occurrence Books held at the Highland Archive Centre.

Thieves have stolen a number of cars after drivers left them unattended to defrost amid the ongoing cold snap, police have warned.

A courier scam which conned an Inverness resident out of a five-figure sum of cash has led to a police warning to Highland residents to beware.

A man and woman have been jailed for a total of 10 years and nine months for running an extensive trafficking operation for sexual exploitation.

He also admitted assaulting one man to his injury by repeatedly punching him on the head.

A 49-year-old man has been arrested after police attended an incident in Castletown for more than 24 hours.

The man, who also faced a charge of possession of a bladed item, will appear again within the next eight days.

A banned pesticide which can kill pets and humans has been found in a poisoned bird of prey close to a Sutherland woodland walk.

A man will appear in court tomorrow following an alleged serious assault in an Easter Ross town yesterday.

Police are appealing for information after racist graffiti were found in Tain last weekend.

A 60 year old Wester Ross man who had four drink driving convictions was spared a jail sentence after running up his fifth.

Thieves have broken into a popular shop and café in Sutherland.

Scammers posing as officials handling the UK government’s living allowance are targeting Highland residents’ phones, trading standards have warned.

Officers issue security advice following an incident in Kinmylies. The appeal came on the same day Tain residents spotted similar behaviour.

A new video commissioned by the Scottish Sentencing Council offers insights into prison sentencing in Scotland.