Cyclist suffered severe brain injury and multiple fractures in collision with van on Black Isle road
A cyclist suffered a severe brain injury and multiple fractures when he was run down by a van driver on a Black Isle road.
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Man left severely injured and unconscious after attack by Inverness businessman
An ice cream shop owner launched a brutal attack on another man after a row over a party.
Inverness man threatened to blow himself up during tense three-and-a-half hour siege with police
A father-of-six threatened to blow up himself and police when he set fire to a gas canister in his caravan.
Accused who fled country is jailed over sex assault
A chef who fled to Portugal days before he was due to be sentenced for sexually assaulting a schoolgirl was jailed for 18 months yesterday.
Highland man threatened to kill woman and feed her body to pigs
A man who threatened to kill a woman and feed her body to pigs has been spared jail.
Fan who sang a sectarian song at a Highland football match facing lifetime ban
A Rangers fan who sang a sectarian song at a Highland football match has been warned he faces a lifetime ban if he offends again.
Inverness woman pleads guilty of multiple thefts from pensioners
A 28-year-old woman has admitted stealing from pensioners.
Man accused of murdering Renee Macrae and her three-year-old son Andrew
A man has been charged with murdering Renee Macrae and her three-year-old son Andrew.
Highland woman crashed into cyclists after avoiding a head-on collision
A pharmacy dispenser injured two cyclists during an overtaking manouevre on her drive home.
Inverness man tried to butt detective before spitting at him
A 21-year-old Inverness man who tried to butt a detective before spitting at him was jailed for five months yesterday.
Anger as more than 10 people fail to show up for court cases in north and north-east every day
Courts across the north and north-east are facing “significant” delays and increased costs with thousands of people failing to turn up for their cases every year.
Man who wielded knife in Highland town sent to prison
A man who had been the target of three attempted murders in 10 years chased a pub customer down an Invergordon street wielding a knife.
Woman, 32, admits Inverness city centre fight
A 32-year-old Inverness woman will be sentenced next month after fighting in the city centre.
Man found guilty of sexually assaulting several women in Nairn
A “predatory” man been found guilty of sexually assaulting several women during a 13-month period in Nairn.
Drunk attacked woman twice after day at music festival
A drunk man assaulted a woman twice on the same day after attending an Inverness music festival.
Jail for addict who went on shoplifting spree to pay off his drug debts
A 35-year-old drug addict with a 20-year habit has been jailed for eight months at Inverness Sheriff Court after admitting a string of shoplifting offences.
Inverness woman who duped bank and her own mother to obtain a £25,000 loan spared jail
A 29-year-old Inverness woman obtained a £25,000 bank loan by pretending to be her mother.
Inverness Sheriff Court: Man fined and given non-harassment order
A 26-year-old Inverness man inundated his former partner with messages and texts and then abused her in the street.
Two men and 14-year-old charged in connection with alleged break-in at Inverness car dealership
Two men and a teenager are expected to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court today to face a string of charges including an alleged break-in at a city car dealership.
Dundee man appears in court in connection with theft from Inverness car dealership
A Dundee man appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court in connection with a car theft in the city. Andrew Craigie, 27, made no plea to charges of theft by housebreaking and theft of a vehicle. He was remanded in custody. The court appearance follows an incident at the Top Car dealership on July 2.
Ross County player fails to appear in court to face assault charges
A north football star failed to appear before a sheriff when his assault case was called yesterday.
Inverness man sent sexual text messages to an underage girl avoids jail
A 42-year-old Inverness man who admitted sending sexual text messages to an underage girl has been spared jail.
NC500 crash trial: Driver found guilty of seriously injuring two German motorcyclists
A company director has been found guilty of running down and seriously injuring two German motorcyclists after a three-and-a-half day trial.
NC500 crash trial: Driver claims another car was ‘playing chicken’ with him
A Porsche driver on trial accused of causing a horror crash on the North Coast 500 claimed another car was “playing chicken” with him just before the collision.
Inverness court hears of horror NC500 head-on crash
Two German motorcyclists yesterday relived a horror head-on crash with a sports car on the North Coast 500.
Highland chef caught driving at 104mph fined
An Aviemore chef who drove his Subaru Impreza at 104mph on a straight stretch of road was fined £500 and banned from driving for four months.
Curry house customers at risk of food poisoning due to ‘significant unsafe hygiene practices’
An Indian restaurant has been fined £4,800 after inspectors found its "significant unsafe hygiene practices” put customers at risk of food poisoning.
Former Highland man threatened girls over naked pictures
A former Beauly man who was waiting to be sentenced for threatening under age girls if they did not send him indecent images of themselves went on to commit similar offences involving different girls.
Man arrested following £60k herbal cannabis haul in Inverness
A man is due in court today in connection to the seizure of £60,000 worth of herbal cannabis found in a van stopped in Inverness.
High-risk Inverness sex offender jailed for having graphic videos of children
A high-risk sex offender already serving a sentence for taking young boys on a road trip will spend another 14 months locked up for possessing graphic videos of very young children.
Inverness Sheriff Court: Glenrothes man avoids jail
A 22-year-old Glenrothes man avioded a jail sentence and was ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work as an alternative after admitting possessing a knife, a knuckleduster and cocaine.
Turriff Show vice president who stalked wife fined and handed non-harrassment order
A top official at one of Scotland’s biggest agriculture events has been fined £750 and given a two-year non-harassment order after being convicted of stalking his estranged wife.