Courts

An elderly man has been accused of a sexual assault.

Police officers who spoke to a woman concluded that she was under the influence of something.

A man has been accused of stealing timber from Banniskirk House, Halkirk.

A driver who was found to be uninsured was fined £300 at Wick Sheriff Court.

A man who sent abusive text messages to his girlfriend was fined £300 by a sheriff who described the behaviour as "entirely unacceptable".

A man who displayed a 'flagrant disregard' for the law by driving while disqualified has been spared a jail sentence.

Using his car with a defective tyre cost a man £100.

A sheriff has ordered the personal appearance of a man police found with 25 rounds of live ammunition.

A woman is said to have stolen items from the same store on three occasions.

A driver suspected of drink-driving is alleged to have failed to comply with requests for three samples of breath.

A 62-year-old Reay man has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court on a charge of sexual assault.

A 29-year-old police officer has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court on a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

A new trial date has been fixed for a Caithness solicitor accused of embezzling more than £100,000 from his law firm.

A Wick woman has been accused of extorting money from one man and attempting to extort thousands of pounds from another.

A driver who failed to report an accident has been fined £200.

A kindly police officer responded to drunken Carol Cowie's request for tea and biscuits after she was arrested.

An Essex man ran into trouble while tackling the North Coast 500 and landed in court.

Fiona Taylor who cheated an elderly friend out of £14,000 won't be sentenced until the new year.

Using a mobile phone while driving his van cost Cameron Ryder a £200 fine at Wick Sheriff Court on Wednesday.

A driver found to be almost three times the legal drink-driving limit was fined £300 and banned for a year at Wick Sheriff Court on Wednesday.