Courts

A man has been accused of driving carelessly between Hastigrow and Bower.

A single mother escaped a driving ban after admitting speeding at Bilbster.

Wick Sheriff Court was told a lamb had to be put down after the incident.

A man pleaded guilty to possession of the images when he appeared at Wick Sheriff Court.

William MacDowell is judged fit to stand trial for the alleged murder of Inverness woman Renee MacRae and her three-year-old son Andrew 45 years ago.

A sheriff has repeated his concern about the carrying of knives in public.

A Wick man appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday in connection with an incident at the city's Porterfield Prison.

Bystanders were concerned when their attention was drawn to Alistair Henderson as they thought he had been drinking.

A Reay driver is facing a charge of dangerous driving alleging he reached excessive speeds of up to 101mph.

A move to ascertain whether a Wick woman is fit to tender a plea to a £40,000 fraud she is accused of has taken a significant step towards a solution.

Taxi driver Mark Urquhart was surprised when police searched his garage and recovered £500 worth of ecstasy – as he had forgotten all about it.

A sheriff took a Wick man to task for his angry reaction after an application to vary his bail conditions was refused.

A young Thurso man caught by police with a lock knife has narrowly avoided a jail sentence.

A Thurso businessman has been fined £300 for a nightclub assault and banned from the premises for six months.

A wind farm engineer who went for a few drinks after arriving in the Caithness area to start work ended up getting arrested.

An allegation of bullying was the trigger for an incident involving two parents in the car park of a Caithness school, Wick Sheriff Court heard.

A drink-driver whose breath-alcohol level was almost seven times the legal limit was fined £375 at Wick Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

A Wick man who punched a woman outside a local shop has been warned that any future offending would see him jailed.

A Wick man shouted and swore at his partner after she refused to let him into their home, the town's sheriff court was told on Tuesday.

A Thurso man made a second, private appearance at Wick Sheriff Court on Tuesday on charges of threatening or abusive behaviour and police assault.