Courts

Youngster suspected that drink had been spiked by his boss

Scott Murray tried to escape officers before saying he would 'gouge their eyes out'

The chief executive of Rape and Sexual Abuse Service Highland has said the landmark ruling is a welcome development.

He was almost four times the legal drink-drive limit.

Resisting arrest led to £580 fine

Social work supervision for two years

Sheriff: 'This was a very violent offence... I don't care how drunk you were'

Guilty plea to driving carelessly at various locations on A95 between Advie and town

Stewart Braisher made no plea and was remanded in custody

Accused is now serving nearly six years for 'baby-sitting' up to £100k of narcotics

Sheriff: "He was a menace to people who were well-meaning and physically violent towards them"

Best friend killed after Polish wind farm worker turned into path of lorry

Accused turned to alcohol to blot out memory of friend falling to death from balcony

Three people were seriously injured including herself in smash near village

He insisted nothing 'sinister' had gone on when he shared a bed with boys under his care

Lord Weir: 'You are under no illusion to the seriousness of the situation that you find yourself in'

One of them suffered a broken neck, sternum, five ribs and a collapsed lung.

Sheriff said: "I am sorry your holiday took a turn for the worse but I am glad that no-one was killed."

The sheriff described it as "a vicious and unprovoked assault".

The crash resulted in a man suffering sternum and rib fractures, a partially collapsed lung and a lacerated liver.