Courts

THE county's sheriff has heard about a Wick prisoner's alarm on being told that two cases of Covid-19 had been confirmed in the jail.

A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of a Plymouth man who failed to turn up for his trial on a series of charges.

A COURT heard how a Wick man scorned a final chance to co-operate with social workers by walking out of a meeting with one of them.

A MAN who stole a brand new £40,000 Jaguar from an Inverness garage to get home to Birmingham was jailed for eight months.

Operation Ruling netted large quantities of 'illegal substances' and led to violent criminals being arrested including one caught with a sword.

Sheriff Andrew Berry received the compliments of the season from an unexpected source... a man he was about to sentence.

AN elderly woman banned from seeing her husband after she force-fed him with water will be able to share in some Christmas celebrations with him.

A MAN has appeared in court following a drug seizure by police at the Gills Bay ferry terminal.

A WOMAN'S actions in driving dangerously while more than four times the legal alcohol limit could have had "much more serious consequences".

One kilogram of cannabis has been recovered from a van at a Caithness ferry terminal.

A WICK man who wielded a piece of wood in a street assault has been jailed for eight months.

A campaign to tackle a range of crime and policing priorities has kicked off in the Caithness area.

A 32-year-old woman has been accused of an assault by stabbing in an incident at a house in Wick.

Incident outside the Y-not Bar and Grill in Thurso led to visitors being told to "go back home"

A woman is due in court today after an alleged assault took place in Wick yesterday morning.

Wick Sheriff Court has granted a court order against a Thurso man caught with counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco

Three men who stormed into a Caithness house and caused over £7000 worth of damage were sentenced on Thursday.

A sheriff has taken steps to ensure a woman from Thurso will not be bothered by a man who upset her.

A YOUNG woman doused herself in fuel outside a police station and flicked a cigarette lighter…

A student from Wick who was caught with £10,500 worth of cocaine and cannabis after a Christmas Eve train journey has avoided a jail sentence.