Crime

17-year-old appears at Elgin Sheriff Court.

Police have arrested a 38-year-old man and a 17-year-old male in connection with an incident in Elgin.

Police officers have confirmed they attended a primary school after a knife was brought to the site.

A police campaign to tackle casualties on the roads has already scored a considerable number of successes.

A 29-year-old has been fined £640 and banned from driving after police caught him driving under the influence of cocaine.

A popular place of worship has been vandalised for the third time.

Police are investigating the theft of a blue off-road motorbike.

A sheriff has criticised the “disgusting behaviour” of an alcoholic who told his elderly, grieving mother it was “about time she was dead”.

A victim was repeatedly punched and kicked during an attack inside a sheriff court.

Our reporters have been in court this week, covering cases across the region.

A retired RAF firefighter's loss of concentration ended in a three-vehicle crash, which left a woman wheelchair bound and unlikely to walk again.

Police are urging people in Aberdeenshire to remain vigilant of criminals making contact by telephone to separate them from their money.

Twice-convicted murderer Nat Fraser did not attend his mother’s funeral, it is understood, despite reports he would released from jail for the event.

A 56-year-old man who sexually assaulted a teenage girl in a car has been jailed for 18 months.

Police and the National Farmers Union Scotland have warned about a rise in quad bike and vehicle thefts from rural areas.

Police in Aberdeenshire are appealing for information following the theft of a motorcycle.

A man who seized an unknown 19-year-old woman’s buttocks on a night out has been placed on the sex offenders register.

A man facing 18 fraud charges linked to his football training business has been given a new trial date after a court appearance yesterday.

A Keith abuser controlled and assaulted three partners - one who was heavily pregnant - over 13 years and left his victims "petrified and terrified”.

A drink driver who was six times the legal limit was found out after he fell over at the dentist.