Courts

The county’s sheriff has shown sympathy to an MS sufferer who grew cannabis to alleviate the pain.

A YOUNG Wick man has be ordered to carry out 50 hours of unpaid work after admitted having been in possession of ecstasy.

A community project in Thurso has taken receipt of two picnic benches specifically designed for wheelchair users.

A 23-year-old north Sutherland man appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court today on charges including one alleging a robbery in Wick.

A 37-year-old man who broke into a Wick café and stole a safe containing £5000 was jailed for 16 months at Inverness Sheriff Court today.

A Wick man has condemned Police Scotland for what he calls its 'lack of transparency' in recording homophobic hate crimes.

Police are trying to trace two thieves who chanced their luck stealing a charity box a petty-cash tin from a Wick business.

Witches of east Wick and west Thurso are amongst many plotted on an interactive map created by Edinburgh University academics.

A Spanish skipper who stabbed his chief mate while their fishing boat was berthed at Scrabster has been fined £250.

A former Wick man who professed his "undying love" for an underage girl he committed sex crimes against in a letter from prison has been jailed.

Pennyland Primary School in Thurso sees the positive benefits of community payback.

The Thurso drug addict who murdered his friend over a £40 debt was a champion surfer who could have pursued a career in the sport, a court has heard.

A crew member on a Spanish fishing boat saw "blood on the floor" after knife incident, a jury at Wick Sheriff Court has been told

The chief mate on a Spanish fishing boat berthed at Scrabster was stabbed by his skipper after they had been out drinking, a jury trial heard today.

A Wick man was convicted at Tain Sheriff Court on July 30 of assault to injury of a woman at a caravan park in Embo.

An armed, hooded robber - his head wrapped in toilet paper - absconded booty-free after he was challenged by a Pulteneytown cashier.