Courts

The trial of a couple alleged to have repeatedly stood on a rail track in the path of trains approaching Altnabreac station has been postponed.

A Wick man was punched and struck with a length of wood by a drinking buddy – who then dragged him out of a house and left him on the pavement.

A teacher was nearly two-and-a-half-times over the drink-driving limit when he was caught by police, Wick Sheriff Court heard.

A “violent thug” who left his victim in “a terrible state” in an attack on an unsuspecting father going to collect his child in Wick has been jailed.

As it threatens to take one ex-employee to court despite cancelling a repayment meeting and not rescheduling.

Police on the A9 were concerned about the manner of driving by a motorist ahead of them on the morning of October 29 last year.

A man was caught in charge of his car 16 times over the drug limit, Wick Sheriff Court heard last week.

A Wick driver made a last-minute decision to abandon an overtaking manoeuvre but it was too late to avoid a collision with an oncoming car.

A Scarfskerry teenager who had a library of indecent online images has avoided a jail sentence.

One of two men jailed for operating a cannabis factory at a ruined Caithness mansion is to appeal against the conviction and the sentence.

The case against two men alleged to have chased two teenagers along the harbour, esplanade and beach at Thurso while armed has been dropped, for now.

A sex offender who was found to have a catalogue of indecent images of children on his phone was jailed for 20 months at Wick Sheriff Court this week.

man who missed three appointments with a social worker has been warned that putting him in jail might be the only way to complete a background report.

An Orkney man's trial on a series of charges couldn't be fixed at Wick Sheriff Court on Wednesday as a key witness is recovering from a broken leg.

A sheriff has ordered the arrests of two key witnesses who failed to turn up for a jury trial which had to be postponed.

A John O’Groats man on remand has yet to be sentenced for his latest offence but is expecting a jail term.

A man locked his partner out in the cold after a domestic incident at their then home in Halkirk, Wick Sheriff Court was told on Tuesday.

A Wick man has admitted an assault in which he used a piece of wood.

A Thurso man has been jailed for 32 months after admitting improper sexual behaviour towards two underage girls, one of whom he had sex with.

It is understood Alness Academy, Wick High, Inverness Royal Academy and Charleston Academy have gender neutral toilets.