Baby-faced drug dealer who started aged 16 jailed for 22 months
A baby-faced drug dealer who set himself up as a "retailer in class A substances" at the age of just 16 was jailed today.
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Man admits to role in ram raid on north-east shop
A man has admitted to being involved in the ram raid of a north-east shop which caused £7,000 worth of damage.
Man groomed YouTubers as young as nine while he waited for a court date over child abuse image charges
A man freed on bail over a child abuse images charge groomed a series of underage YouTubers into sending him sexual pictures while he awaited court, it emerged today.
Paedophile lured into trap by vigilante group in Aberdeen is jailed
A paedophile snared by a vigilante group in Aberdeen has been jailed for 16 months.
Pensioner sex beast jailed for raping and sexually abusing a woman with learning difficulties
A pensioner yesterday admitted raping and sexually abusing a woman with learning difficulties at a home in Inverness-shire.
Man accused of climbing 200ft mast and holding police at bay for 12 hours appears in court
A man accused of scaling 200 feet up a Highland TV mast and holding police at bay for around 12 hours appeared in court with his arm in a sling yesterday.
North-east woman who committed ‘despicable and mean’ crime of stealing from 87-year-old with dementia spared jail
A serial offender who carried out the “despicable and mean” act of befriending a pensioner with dementia so she could steal from his pension has been spared jail.
Glasgow man accused of conning elderly people out of thousands across the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire
A 38-year-old man has gone on trial accused of dishonestly obtaining thousands of pounds from elderly people as deposits for heating systems.
Convicted sex offender breached his court order by giving a lift to three teenage girls
A convicted sex offender gave a lift to three teenage girls in breach of a court order hours after escaping a jail sentence in May for a similar offence.
Man agreed to pay a sex worker £80 before launching a brutal claw hammer attack on her
A sex worker’s client who savagely attacked the woman with a claw hammer leaving her pleading for her life was jailed for five years yesterday.
Contractor selling his house to pay back friends he defrauded out of £10,000
A contractor who defrauded friends out of £10,000 for renovation work on their property is selling his house to pay them back.
Shetland teen given community work for ‘bizarre’ spree where he crashed a car and sexually assaulted two women
A Shetland teenager has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and has been banned from driving for two and a half years for a string of “bizarre” offences which resulted in him crashing a car and sexually assaulting two women.
Woman who deliberately ran over kids outside McDonald’s dodges jail
A woman who deliberately ran down three "feral" teenagers after one of the hurled a milkshake at her car was today spared jail.
Four people appear at Inverness Sheriff Court in separate driving cases
Four people appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday in driving cases.
‘Sinister’ Moray man had over 30 photos of terrified Tesco worker on laptop
A former military man built up a secret stash of photographs of a supermarket worker and tried to follow her home.
Moray drug dealer hid £600 worth of heroin in Kinder egg
A drug dealer was found with £600 worth of heroin hidden in a Kinder egg following a raid on his home in Lossiemouth.
Fake agent jailed after conning a 15-year-old girl into sending him a string of naked pictures
An online extortionist who posed as a fake modelling agent to con a "vulnerable" 15-year-old girl into sending him a string of naked selfies to him was today jailed for four years.
A baby-faced dealer who started his drugs business at 16 is facing jail
A baby-faced drug dealer who set himself up as a "retailer in class-A substances" at the age of just 16 was today facing jail.
Plumber who choked his pregnant girlfriend 20 times during a violent row jailed for two years
A plumber who choked his pregnant girlfriend 20 times during a brutally violent attack was today jailed for two years.
NHS worker facing jail after being caught with a stash of child abuse images
An NHS worker is facing jail after he was caught with a stash of child abuse images.
Thief jailed after calling 999 on himself when he shattered both his heels while plunging from a housing block he had just robbed
A thief called 999 on himself after plunging 20 feet as he fled a sheltered housing block that he had broken into in the dead of night.
Bank fraudster busted after posting holiday pictures of himself on Facebook
A scammer who claimed his holiday to Dubai had been scuppered by document problems and claimed the cash back from his bank was rumbled after posting pictures of himself enjoying his lavish trip on Facebook.
Driving instructor guilty of 14 sex attacks on students
A driving instructor who sexually abused 14 of his young female students while they were behind the wheel of his car was today facing years in jail.
Man facing jail after being caught having sex chats with a girl he thought was 13 by online ‘creep catchers’
A man who was caught having sex chats with a girl he thought was 13 by an online "creep catchers" vigilante group is facing jail.
Woman deliberately ran over three teenagers after one of them hurled a milkshake at her car
A woman who deliberately ran down three teenagers after one of the hurled a milkshake at her car was today facing jail.
Pair guilty of carrying out an armed robbery at a north-east home
Two men have been jailed for a combined total of 17 years after being found guilty of carrying out an armed robbery at a north-east home earlier this year.
Drunk Moray woman attacks husband with phone after he threatens to call the police
A drunk Moray woman struck her husband in the face with a telephone after he threatened to use it to call the police.
Asylum seeker living in Nairn found unconscious at wheel of car after drink-driving
A man seeking asylum in Scotland was caught drink-driving after being found unconscious in his car.
‘Thug’ who terrorised teens in Lerwick jailed for 14 months
A “thug” and “bully” who terrorised two 13-year-olds was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment at Lerwick Sheriff Court yesterday.
Man who battered his own father jailed for more than three years
A chef who launched a horror stamping attack on his own father - leaving him with multiple fractures and a shoeprint on his face - because his dad "kept going on about family stuff" was today jailed for more than three years.
Nairn man faces anxious wait to find out if his £24,000 Audi Q5 will be forfeited after he was caught drink driving for the second time
A 23-year-old Nairn man will have to wait until August 23 to discover if his £24,000 Audi Q5 is going to be forfeited for his second drink driving offence.
Nurse jailed for smuggling drugs into a north-east prison
A nurse who has destroyed her career by agreeing to smuggle drugs into a north-east prison has been jailed for nine and a half months.