Courts

A sheriff has warned a Wick man who spied on users of communal toilets that he faces jail if he does not improve his performance on a community order.

A 56-year-old Wick man has been admonished for an assault he carried out in the Pulteneytown People’s Project base in the town.

An 18-month drug testing and treatment order (DTTO) has been imposed on a young Wick woman for a run-in she had with police at her home.

Woman threw mobile after being refused entry.

A Wick woman has denied assaulting her partner at their home in the town.

Sentence has been deferred on a Thurso man for a breach of bail.

Ian Sewell has been admonished for a domestic disturbance he caused at his home at Milton.

A driver accused of causing serious injury to a woman by driving his car dangerously on the outskirts of Thurso has had his jury trial postponed.

A Caithness woman is to contest three charges of failing to properly care for 21 dogs and five cats for which she was allegedly responsible.

A two-year non harassment order has been meted out to an elderly Fife man preventing him from contacting his late son’s long-time partner.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Thurso man after he failed to appear for a trial at Wick Sheriff Court on an assault and robbery charge.

Lybster man Ricky McPhee has been cleared of threatening to shoot a young couple while they were on a walk through his home village.

A healthcare support worker told a court on Tuesday of the shocking moment when a man pointed a gun at him and his partner in a Caithness street.

A Wick man who failed to heed a sheriff’s prison warning about his lack of commitment to his unpaid work was jailed for five months on Monday.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard he was "disorientated” after all and got fed up waiting for treatment at Raigmore Hospital.

A civil court case lodged by a couple at Altnabreac has been dismissed after the pair pursuing the claim failed to appear at Wick Sheriff Court.

A serial domestic abuse offender might avoid a jail sentence if he is assessed as suitable for a rehabilitation programme.

A Wick man who flouted a bail condition not to contact his former partner avoided a prison sentence and was instead fined £300.

Police who caught up with a 4x4 driver they were following got an unexpected reply when they asked him to tell them who had been at the wheel.

A mother was concerned when she discovered her 12-year-old daughter had been using her mobile phone to communicate with an unknown man on Instagram.