Crime

‘All I wanted was for Keith to get justice’.

Extortion, several assaults and vandalism were just some of the crimes dealt with by police across Moray in December.

Police are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed a housebreaking or people acting suspicious in the early hours of Christmas Day in Macduff.

An police officer has branded the theft of a defibrillator from outside a butchers shop as an “abhorrent crime”.

Recorded incidents of domestic abuse in Scotland have risen, newly released figures have shown.

Police are seeking information after a vehicle was set alight on a road.

A Buckie man has admitted drug driving after being caught behind the wheel while eight times over the legal limit.

A 60-year-old driver has admitted crashing into another car while more than two times over the legal alcohol limit.

An attempted break-in has left the roof of a primary school damaged.

Police are warning of criminals taking advantage of the cold snap with fraudulent adverts for firewood on social media.

Online puppy scams have sparked police appeals for buyers to be vigilant.

Police are appealing for information following a report of unauthorised metal detecting in the grounds of Banff Castle.

Firearms officers were on the scene as a search warrant was executed at a home.

A resident lost £4500 to scammers at the weekend in what is commonly known as an Authorised Push Payment Fraud.

Thieves have stolen a number of cars after drivers left them unattended to defrost amid the ongoing cold snap, police have warned.

A 16-year-old male has been arrested and charged in connection with the attempted murder of a teenager in Elgin on Saturday.

Two Glaswegians involved in a fight outside a Buckie pub will be sentenced on Hogmanay after pleading guilty.

The teenager who killed bus driver Keith Rollinson in a “frenzied attack” has been jailed for four years and four months.

Jon Craig has his jail sentence increased.

A police search has seen £15,000 of drugs recovered from a house on a town street.