Courts

A teenage driver was said to have panicked when he saw a police car signalling him to stop.

A driver sparked a full-scale emergency after he left the scene of an accident, Wick Sheriff Court heard.

A Wick woman was shocked when her partner shouted at her and placed a plastic bag over her head, the town's sheriff court was told.

A Thurso woman who carried out a glass assault at her home has avoided a jail sentence.

A man was attacked while sitting in his car during his lunch break, Wick Sheriff Court heard last week.

A Lybster man is alleged to have threatened to shoot two people at a house in the village last year.

A Halkirk man has gone on trial accused of subjecting his former partner to a regime of abusive and controlling behaviour.

A Thurso man who sent his partner "grossly offensive" text messages after they split up was fined £400 at Wick Sheriff Court.

A Thurso man has been ordered to pay a nightclub patron compensation of £500 for a serious attack on him.

A Wick man who twice breached unpaid community work orders has been jailed for eight months.

A Wick man whose dog bit a dog walker has been ordered to pay him compensation of £500.

A Wick man caught drug-driving has been put off the road for a year.

A Wick man tried to explain in court why he was carrying a knife in a local street.

A Wick shoplifter has been fined £150 after admitting two offences.

An Aberdeen man is alleged to have used an airgun to kill a cat in a Caithness hamlet in an incident 11 years ago.

A Halkirk man has been banned from driving for a year and fined £400 for a drink-driving offence that saw him more than double the legal limit.

A Scrabster man who failed to tell police who was driving his car when it was involved in an accident was fined £400 and banned for four months.

A near seven-times-the-legal-limit drink-driver described as “potentially dangerous” has been put off the road for 15 months.

A Thurso woman has admitted carrying out an assault with a glass at her home.

A Wick driver has been cleared on a charge of careless driving.