Crime

Sean O’Halloran (20) pled guilty to murder and Connor Adams (18) pled guilty to culpable homicide following arrests made in Kemnay in 2021.

POLICE Scotland has asked residents across the north east to remain vigilant following recent incidents of car theft.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with road traffic offences after a crash near Kemnay on Friday.

An image from dashcam footage has show the vehicle which police are keen to trace after collision with a school bus near Kintore.

The majority of serious Bonfire Night incidents took place in Edinburgh where members of the public, firefighters and police officers were targeted.

POLICE in Moray have carried out five drug raids and 108 community outreach services as part of new multi-agency scheme Operation Protector.

Two men and one woman have been arrested and charged as a result of a County Lines drugs operation in Peterhead and Merseyside.

Several children and the driver were injured in a school bus collision in which a vehicle carry ladders failed to stop near Kintore.

POLICE are asking businesses to be vigilant, following the theft of used cooking oil from a premises on the A96 between Huntly and Inverurie.

An Inverurie man who caused the death of a teacher when she was struck by a steel beam sticking out from the side of his lorry has been spared jail.

The theft involved 800 litres of red diesel, 20 litres of chain oil, six LED spotlights and various other items being taken from a site near Aboyne.

Local policing divisions will once again be supported by national resources to help keep communities safe over the Bonfire Night period.

The number of homicides across Scotland last year has reached its lowest point since records began in 1976.

A CAIRNIE man has been sentenced at Elgin Sheriff Court for having a ninja-style kunai knife and a kitchen knife in Elgin.

A BUCKIE man was sentenced last week for verbally abusing and threatening a 16-year old boy.

A new police campaign is challenging men to be a mate and put a stop to behaviour that might put their friends at risk of sexual offending.

POLICE make crypto-crime arrest.

West Yorkshire Police arrested a 22-year-old man after a 30-year-old man was defrauded of a five figure sum of money in Inverurie.

Police are appealing for information after a theft from the Port Elphinstone paper shop.

AROUND £8000 worth of Class A drugs were recovered.