17+ hour, 39+ min ago   (303+ words) Our reporters have been in court again this week covering a wide range of cases. Read on for some of the most notable. Serial sex offender said he would abuse children in order to create disturbing material to distribute A…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (314+ words) A rapist who attacked a sleeping woman is facing a lengthy jail term. Graeme Gate (34) preyed on the woman after meeting her the same evening at a house in Inverness on August 23 last year. The woman and a friend had…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (246+ words) An Inverness man who was carrying a knife in public has been jailed. Lee Douglas (30) was spotted by a member of the public shifting the knife from his pocket into his sleeve on August 27 last year. Inverness Sheriff Court heard…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (154+ words) It has been another busy week at Inverness Sheriff Court. This week’s headlines are: Man who had sexually explicit conversations with teenagers on Snapchat avoids jail A 28-year-old man who referred to himself as a “paedo” while having a sexually…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (244+ words) Inverness BID has offered an unreserved apology to a busker who was moved on from the High Street, yesterday. Local musician Joshua Sole had been performing at the bottom of Market Brae Steps, a regular spot for musicians, when he…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (156+ words) Police Scotland have sealed off a section of Strother’s Lane in Inverness city centre. Activity seems to be concentrated on one doorway that is believed to be the entrance to flats, some of which are thought to be short-term lets....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (83+ words) A 71-year-old woman died in a street in Inverness city centre this afternoon. Police received a report of a woman found injured in Strothers Lane at around 3.40pm.. Emergency services attended, however she was pronounced dead at the scene. A Police…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (746+ words) “I couldn't walk. I didn't know where my life was going to go.” Three years ago Nick Parkes, having suffered a cardiac arrest that left him clinically dead for 20 minutes, was facing an uncertain future. The path he found himself…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (500+ words) A 28-year-old man who referred to himself as a “paedo” while having a sexually explicit conversation with a 14-year-old girl has been given unpaid work. Owen Bell spoke to a number of 14-year-old girls over different periods in 2023 via Snapchat,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (204+ words) More than 4000 visiting drivers to the Highlands and Islands have received advice from police this summer in a bid to reduce serious and fatal collisions. Between April and August, road policing officers spoke to tourists and drivers operating hire cars,…...