Crime

A telephone banking fraud targeted an elderly Laurencekirk resident who was conned out of £300 as a result of the scam.

AN Aberchirder woman who suffered life-changing injuries in an A96 crash that killed her partner and four others has broken her silence.

A MORAY first offender caught with £250,000 of cocaine in Aberlour told detectives Spanish gangsters would “kill” him if he co-operated with them.

Katie Margaret Lynch was sentenced in Banff Sheriff Court after a SSPCA investigation into the neglect of a two-year-old lurcher.

A woman who died at a property in Peterhead has been named as Elizabeth Watson, 58, from the local area.

Police and partner agencies in Aberdeenshire have carried out two days of activity aimed at reducing and addressing drug related harm.

POLICE in Buckie are investigating a wilful fire-raising in the town.

A Macduff man has been fined £750 for failing to seek veterinary attention for his 18-week old puppy after it had been hit by a car.

Officers are trying to trace a blue BMW3 Series reg MV56UVH which was stolen from Collieston in the early hours of Monday morning.

Three engines were stolen, whilst there were attempted thefts of another two at the isolated location near Fraserburgh.

POLICE in Buckie are appealing for information relating to a theft of diesel in the Deskford area.

A woman's body was discovered at a property in Leslie Crescent in Alford on Monday afternoon.

An Aberdeenshire cat owner has joined Cats Protection’s campaign for snares to be banned after her pet cat was found with horrific injuries.

THE incident took place on Milton Drive around 1pm on Sunday, June 11.

Police Scotland have confirmed that former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been released from custody following her arrest earlier today.

TWO youths have been charged in connection with the theft of a motorbike from a circus act visiting Buckie.

POLICE in Buckie are appealing for information after the theft of a motorcycle in the town.

Michael Jenkins, from Cumbria, was in Fraserburgh for work when he died in Watermill Road on Sunday.

Extra measures to prevent the misuse of fireworks and pyrotechnics in public places, including sporting and live music events, have come into force.

A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of another man in Fraserburgh following a disturbance on Watermill Road in the town.