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Driver in Wick was seven times limit after taking cocaine

28 January 2025
Driver in Wick was seven times limit after taking cocaine

Driver in Wick was seven times limit after taking cocaine

28 January 2025

Police stopped Steven Anderson after receiving a tip-off and tests revealed he was more than seven times the legal drug limit.


Former Wick man assaulted two girlfriends nearly four years apart

27 January 2025
Former Wick man assaulted two girlfriends nearly four years apart

Former Wick man assaulted two girlfriends nearly four years apart

27 January 2025

A man assaulted two of his ex partners nearly four years apart during disagreements, the sheriff at Wick heard last week.


Drunk Wick man weed in police cell after abusing Tesco worker

27 January 2025
Drunk Wick man weed in police cell after abusing Tesco worker

Drunk Wick man weed in police cell after abusing Tesco worker

27 January 2025

Drunken Wick man Kyle Miller abused a Tesco assistant and piddled in a police cell after being arrested, the town’s sheriff court heard on Thursday.


Car was found in ditch at John O’Groats – but where was the driver?

26 January 2025
Car was found in ditch at John O’Groats – but where was the driver?

Car was found in ditch at John O’Groats – but where was the driver?

26 January 2025

Police were quickly on the trail of a road accident after the vehicle beamed the location to them from its black box after the airbag was activated.


Jail for Thurso man who breached curfew and resisted arrest

26 January 2025
Jail for Thurso man who breached curfew and resisted arrest

Jail for Thurso man who breached curfew and resisted arrest

26 January 2025

A Thurso man who breached a restriction of limit order has been jailed for six months.


Cannabis user was three times drug limit driving in Castletown

26 January 2025
Cannabis user was three times drug limit driving in Castletown

Cannabis user was three times drug limit driving in Castletown

26 January 2025

A three-times-the-limit drug driver was fined £400 and banned from driving for a year at Wick Sheriff Court on Wednesday.


Jail for Lybster man over metal spike assault and axe threat

25 January 2025
Jail for Lybster man over metal spike assault and axe threat

Jail for Lybster man over metal spike assault and axe threat

25 January 2025

A Lybster man has been jailed for eight months for an attack on a neighbour.


Bailed Reay offender hid under baby’s cot in bid to avoid cops

25 January 2025
Bailed Reay offender hid under baby’s cot in bid to avoid cops

Bailed Reay offender hid under baby’s cot in bid to avoid cops

25 January 2025

A Reay man banned from seeing his partner hid under a baby’s cot when police called at her house, Wick Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday.


Driver in Scrabster was twice drink-drive limit

24 January 2025
Driver in Scrabster was twice drink-drive limit

Driver in Scrabster was twice drink-drive limit

24 January 2025

A tip-off prompted police to locate and stop Pamela Miller, who failed a roadside breath test.


Watten man placed on sex offenders register

24 January 2025
Watten man placed on sex offenders register

Watten man placed on sex offenders register

24 January 2025

A Watten man has admitted sending a woman sexual images of himself on WhatsApp.


Faroese fisherman fails to show up at Wick court to face charges

22 January 2025
Faroese fisherman fails to show up at Wick court to face charges

Faroese fisherman fails to show up at Wick court to face charges

22 January 2025

A sheriff has ordered the arrest of a Faroese man who failed to turn up in court to face charges of assault and threatening or abusive behaviour.


Wick sheriff issues arrest warrant after man accused of domestic abuse and killing cat fails to show up at court

22 January 2025
Wick sheriff issues arrest warrant after man accused of domestic abuse and killing cat fails to show up at court

Wick sheriff issues arrest warrant after man accused of domestic abuse and killing cat fails to show up at court

22 January 2025

A sheriff has ordered the arrest of an Aberdeen man who is alleged to have killed a cat with an airgun as part of abuse towards his partner.


‘She killed my son’ – Mother’s blast as driver avoids prison over crash that caused death of Wick toddler

21 January 2025
‘She killed my son’ – Mother’s blast as driver avoids prison over crash that caused death of Wick toddler

‘She killed my son’ – Mother’s blast as driver avoids prison over crash that caused death of Wick toddler

21 January 2025

A woman whose careless driving caused the death of a Wick toddler has avoided a custodial sentence.


‘A deliberate attempt to avoid prosecution’ – Wick man wouldn’t say who was driving car involved in accident

12 January 2025
‘A deliberate attempt to avoid prosecution’ – Wick man wouldn’t say who was driving car involved in accident

‘A deliberate attempt to avoid prosecution’ – Wick man wouldn’t say who was driving car involved in accident

12 January 2025

A Wick man who refused to identify the driver of a car involved in an accident was fined £400 at Wick Sheriff Court on Wednesday.


Bettyhill driver ‘panicked’ after Castletown car park collision

12 January 2025
Bettyhill driver ‘panicked’ after Castletown car park collision

Bettyhill driver ‘panicked’ after Castletown car park collision

12 January 2025

A Sutherland woman who drove away after an accident she caused was fined £200 at Wick Sheriff Court.


Castletown driver admits ‘careless’ overtaking move on Killimster-Reiss road

11 January 2025
Castletown driver admits ‘careless’ overtaking move on Killimster-Reiss road

Castletown driver admits ‘careless’ overtaking move on Killimster-Reiss road

11 January 2025

A retired civil engineer who overtook a driver when it was unsafe to do so has been fined £500.


Driver stopped at Wick’s Tesco store had no insurance

10 January 2025
Driver stopped at Wick’s Tesco store had no insurance

Driver stopped at Wick’s Tesco store had no insurance

10 January 2025

Police stopped Andrew Cabrelli near the entrance to the Tesco supermarket at Wick after a check revealed he had no insurance.


Wick man denies long list of offences

10 January 2025
Wick man denies long list of offences

Wick man denies long list of offences

10 January 2025

A Wick man is facing a string of charges including police assault, threatening or abusive behaviour, and possession of an offensive weapon.


Thurso woman 4 times limit given ‘relatively substantial’ fine for drink-drive offence

10 January 2025
Thurso woman 4 times limit given ‘relatively substantial’ fine for drink-drive offence

Thurso woman 4 times limit given ‘relatively substantial’ fine for drink-drive offence

10 January 2025

Police came upon a parked car with its lights and engine on and wipers running in the early hours but no-one in the driving seat, Wick court heard.


KC to help challenge sex charges denied by Caithness man

09 January 2025
KC to help challenge sex charges denied by Caithness man

KC to help challenge sex charges denied by Caithness man

09 January 2025

A man who made a name for himself selling racing tips is consulting a King’s Counsel in his bid to challenge allegations of a sexual nature.


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