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Cannabis at Thurso home was worth £1100

18 October 2024
Cannabis at Thurso home was worth £1100

Cannabis at Thurso home was worth £1100

18 October 2024

Police who raided James Snowdon's home in Thurso found a stash of cannabis with a street value of £1100, Wick Sheriff Court heard.


Fight outside Wick bar could have led to prison

17 October 2024
Fight outside Wick bar could have led to prison

Fight outside Wick bar could have led to prison

17 October 2024

A Wick man who committed a serous assault outside a local pub has avoided the custodial sentence a sheriff said would have been “perfectly justified”.


Masked man barged into Wick home and threatened woman with knife

17 October 2024
Masked man barged into Wick home and threatened woman with knife

Masked man barged into Wick home and threatened woman with knife

17 October 2024

A masked man who barged his way into a house in Wick and demanded drugs before assaulting a woman has been jailed for 16 months.


Thurso driver three times limit crashed due to ‘low sun’

16 October 2024
Thurso driver three times limit crashed due to ‘low sun’

Thurso driver three times limit crashed due to ‘low sun’

16 October 2024

A Thurso driver was said to have been blinded by a low sun when he crashed into a stationary car, the sheriff at Wick was told on Tuesday.


Thurso nightclub assault: Halkirk man avoids jail

16 October 2024
Thurso nightclub assault: Halkirk man avoids jail

Thurso nightclub assault: Halkirk man avoids jail

16 October 2024

A Halkirk man who attacked a nightclub dancer avoided a prison term when he appeared at Wick Sheriff Court on Tuesday.


Wick man ‘didn’t care if he goes to prison’ after abusing Good Samaritans in street

15 October 2024
Wick man ‘didn’t care if he goes to prison’ after abusing Good Samaritans in street

Wick man ‘didn’t care if he goes to prison’ after abusing Good Samaritans in street

15 October 2024

A Wick man who shunned the help offered to him after he fell in a street was jailed for five months at the town’s sheriff court on Tuesday.


Caithness businessman jailed over rapes in Thurso and Nethybridge

11 October 2024
Caithness businessman jailed over rapes in Thurso and Nethybridge

Caithness businessman jailed over rapes in Thurso and Nethybridge

11 October 2024

A Caithness businessman has been jailed at the High Court in Aberdeen after being found guilty of rape.


Man denies Hogmanay indecent behaviour charge at village hall

09 October 2024
Man denies Hogmanay indecent behaviour charge at village hall

Man denies Hogmanay indecent behaviour charge at village hall

09 October 2024

A Reay man intends to fight allegations of indecent behaviour towards a woman in the village hall.


Former Wick woman making progress in paying off £14k fraud debt

08 October 2024
Former Wick woman making progress in paying off £14k fraud debt

Former Wick woman making progress in paying off £14k fraud debt

08 October 2024

A woman who cheated an elderly man out of £14,000 has left her Wick home and returned to her native Orkney.


Man jailed for theft of building equipment

08 October 2024
Man jailed for theft of building equipment

Man jailed for theft of building equipment

08 October 2024

A Thurso man has been jailed for eight months for his part in the theft of two items of building equipment.


Woman twice legal drink-drive limit in Thurso town centre

06 October 2024
Woman twice legal drink-drive limit in Thurso town centre

Woman twice legal drink-drive limit in Thurso town centre

06 October 2024

A Thurso woman found to be twice the legal drink-driving limit was fined £300 and banned from driving for a year at Wick Sheriff Court.


Noisy driver at Thurso Tesco store hit with hefty fine and ban

06 October 2024
Noisy driver at Thurso Tesco store hit with hefty fine and ban

Noisy driver at Thurso Tesco store hit with hefty fine and ban

06 October 2024

Accelerating harshly in Thurso in the early hours cost Jamie Sutherland a £400 fine and a four-month driving ban.


Man punched and kicked in Wick street

06 October 2024
Man punched and kicked in Wick street

Man punched and kicked in Wick street

06 October 2024

An attempt to end the bad blood between two men failed when they met in Ackergill Street, Wick.


Fine for Wick teen who punched man and smashed door

05 October 2024
Fine for Wick teen who punched man and smashed door

Fine for Wick teen who punched man and smashed door

05 October 2024

A Wick teenager has been fined £200 for an assault.


MOT offence leads to court fine for Reiss man

05 October 2024
MOT offence leads to court fine for Reiss man

MOT offence leads to court fine for Reiss man

05 October 2024

A Reiss man who used his car without a test certificate was fined £100 at Wick Sheriff Court.


Cup of tea costs locked up Wick man £450 – after he threw it at police officer

05 October 2024
Cup of tea costs locked up Wick man £450 – after he threw it at police officer

Cup of tea costs locked up Wick man £450 – after he threw it at police officer

05 October 2024

A Wick man who threw a cup of tea at a police officer and racially abused him was on the receiving end of stiff fines at the town’s sheriff court.


Driver denies causing crash at Scrabster after losing control of vehicle

04 October 2024
Driver denies causing crash at Scrabster after losing control of vehicle

Driver denies causing crash at Scrabster after losing control of vehicle

04 October 2024

A Thrumster driver is alleged to have lost control near a bend in the county and collided with an oncoming car.


New trial date for man accused of killing cat in Caithness

04 October 2024
New trial date for man accused of killing cat in Caithness

New trial date for man accused of killing cat in Caithness

04 October 2024

A new trial date has been set for an Aberdeen man accused of killing a cat with an airgun.


Inverness driver careered through Wick at 50mph trying to evade police

03 October 2024
Inverness driver careered through Wick at 50mph trying to evade police

Inverness driver careered through Wick at 50mph trying to evade police

03 October 2024

A dangerous driver who careered through streets in Wick has avoided a prison term.


Wick paedophile abused young children after gaining trust of mums

02 October 2024
Wick paedophile abused young children after gaining trust of mums

Wick paedophile abused young children after gaining trust of mums

02 October 2024

A lorry driver who moved to Wick duped single mothers into forming relationships so he could sexually abuse their children and share sickening images.


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