26 May 2025
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.
23 May 2025
As it threatens to take one ex-employee to court despite cancelling a repayment meeting and not rescheduling.
23 May 2025
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.
19 May 2025
A man was caught in charge of his car 16 times over the drug limit, Wick Sheriff Court heard last week.
16 May 2025
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.
15 May 2025
A Scarfskerry teenager who had a library of indecent online images has avoided a jail sentence.
15 May 2025
One of two men jailed for operating a cannabis factory at a ruined Caithness mansion is to appeal against the conviction and the sentence.
14 May 2025
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.
14 May 2025
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.
01 May 2025
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.
01 May 2025
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.
30 April 2025
A sheriff has ordered the arrests of two key witnesses who failed to turn up for a jury trial which had to be postponed.
30 April 2025
A John O’Groats man on remand has yet to be sentenced for his latest offence but is expecting a jail term.
29 April 2025
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.
29 April 2025
A Wick man has admitted an assault in which he used a piece of wood.
28 April 2025
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.
28 April 2025
It is understood Alness Academy, Wick High, Inverness Royal Academy and Charleston Academy have gender neutral toilets.
24 April 2025
A Forss man who subjected a driver to a sustained assault in Thurso, has been jailed for six months.
22 April 2025
An elderly north Sutherland man has been warned that he could face a prison sentence if he doesn’t change his ways.
21 April 2025
An Aberdeen man who fell out with his girlfriend and then a new partner more than three years later has been given a chance by a sheriff.