Courts

A young man who scorned a chance a sheriff gave him has been sentenced to four months detention.

A driver is alleged to have caused damage after losing control of his car on the Wick Airport Industrial Estate, last month.

Police have praise the bravery of young victims who came forward after a Caithness man was sentenced for serious sexual offences and abuse of children

A homeward-bound drunk man went upstairs and fell asleep on the bathroom floor. The trouble was, Andrew Costello (49) was in the wrong house.

Tesco worker Zoe Anderson warned her colleagues that her ex-partner might appear the day after they split up and she wanted to stay out of his way.

A Caithness man who abused three young children was jailed on Tuesday for eight years.

A high-speed driver left a road and struck two telegraph poles after losing control of his car.

A Wick man who threatened to kill a police officer by "smashing his face in" with his bare hands has been given a chance to turn his life around.

A sheriff has been hearing how a repeat drugs offender was caught “bang to rights” at a house in Wick.

A woman would have avoided having to carry out community work had she co-operated with police engaged in an inquiry, Wick Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

A BUS journey turned violent when passengers had to disarm a thief who produced a knife after being challenged about stealing.

A sheriff who jailed a serial offender for eight months told him he was “very, very, lucky”.

A sheriff has warned high-speed drivers in Caithness about the potential for serious consequences.

A sheriff has called for a psychiatric report on a Thurso man who gave a false bomb alert at two business premises in Inverness.

A WICK man breached a court order banning him from having any contact with children under the age of 16.

Two men’s long-distance holiday trip to John O’Groats ran into trouble after police checked their van’s documents at Berriedale.

A man who threatened his former partner a few months after he tried to frighten a potential witness has avoided prison “by the thinnest of margins”.

A minor motor accident escalated into a road rage episode, Wick Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday.

A young Wick man jailed for seven months for his ‘outrageous’ behaviour at a Thurso supermarket almost had an extra year added to his sentence.

A young man who was resisting arrest spat on a police officer before telling him he hoped he would catch Covid-19.