Courts

Wick Sheriff Court heard about the dramatic reaction of a man who entered a local restaurant to recover a debt he believed one of the staff owed him.

A solicitor who was accused of embezzling more than £7000 from her Caithness firm has had the case against her thrown out by a sheriff.

A repeat offender whose drinking was said to have been “out of control” when she assaulted police officers has avoided a prison sentence.

A Watten man has been banned from driving for six months for using his mobile phone while behind the wheel.

A man caught at almost five times the legal drink-driving limit said he was "astonished" when he learned of the level.

A sheriff has heard how a man attempted to make a peace pact with an alleged stalker.

A man accused of stalking his ex behaved "bizarrely" on a visit to the police station in Wick, a trial at the town's sheriff court was told this week.

A woman who claimed her ex partner had been stalking her and making abusive phone calls was accused of lying in the witness box.

A Thurso woman has been accused of a serious domestic assault alleged to have started when she attempted to crack an egg on the head of her victim.

A distracted driver lost control of his car which mounted the pavement in Wick town centre and hit two teenagers, a sheriff was told on Wednesday.

A woman whose drinking was said to be "out of control" has been remanded by a sheriff after admitting three assaults on the police.

A driving ban means that a Thurso man will have to get a lift when he responds to an emergency, a sheriff was told on Wednesday.

A Thurso woman who was living on benefits was said to have spent hundreds of pounds to feed her recreational cocaine habit.

Richard Newton resented the presence of officers from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency "on his land" and told one of them where to go.

His offences were committed against six women between 2008 and 2020 in the Moray, Easter Ross and the Inverness areas.

Police officers got the smell of alcohol after they stopped driver Joshdeep Beesla in the early hours in Wick last month.

A gamekeeper on a Highland estate shot a sparrowhawk and stuffed it in a bag while being filmed by an RSPB Scotland investigator.

A gangland boss who hid drugs valued at thousands of pounds in secret woodland “stash sites” has been jailed for five years and eight months.

Former fightfighter Gary Campbell was jailed on Friday for the 'art and part' rape and sexual abuse of girls as young as four in the Philippines.

A driver who reversed his car into a parked vehicle was fined £260 when he admitted charges of careless driving and not having a test certificate.