Courts

“You are clearly not a fit person to be freed,” sheriff told the teenager.

A 24-year-old man committed offences against a friend’s teenage daughter.

Sheriff Eilidh Macdonald was told that most of the incidents started innocently on social media but then got increasingly sexualised.

Defendant ‘adopted a fighting stance’.

Motorcyclist injured after overtaking on brow of hill.

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a house fire and car theft in New Elgin.

Our reporters have been busy covering a variety of cases this week.

An offshore worker who subjected two Polish men to racist abuse while walking his dog has been ordered to carry out unpaid work.

A man who scared shoppers in a car park of a supermarket by brandishing a BB gun has been handed a two-year supervision order.

24-year-old got into Inverness confrontation

The teenager was unanimously found guilty by a jury who took less than an hour to reach their verdict.

A pair of women have been fined for stealing from a clothes shop.

An unconscious man was repeatedly kicked and stamped on his head after spending an evening drinking with his attacker.

Our reporters have been busy covering a variety of cases this week.

Appeal court rules there has been no miscarriage of justice.

Officers acted to halt breach of the peace.

Police smelled the drug coming from the defendant’s car.

Offender caught ‘just driving around’ north of the border.

Here’s our recap of what has been making the headlines in court this week.

25-year-old admits possession of four-inch blade