Crime

MAN who stabbed victim 11 times told he faces "significant" period in prison.

Police Scotland's Crime Reduction Team will be touring the north-east over the autumn and winter to answer people's queries regarding rural security.

FEARLESS – the youth service of Crimestoppers – has reported a huge increase in young people engaging with their recent youth violence campaign.

40 years on from the murder of George Murdoch in Aberdeen, Police Scotland’s Major Investigations Team will continue an appeal on national television.

The owners and skipper of a fishing trawler have been fined following the death of a man who was overcome by gas on board in August 2018.

RAY Jappy (40) was caught driving his work van on Christmas Day, after reportedly consuming between six and eight beers earlier that day.

ELGIN Sheriff Court heard that Peter Powrie (40) had ingested a large quantity of cocaine prior to the incident.

More than 39,000 households will be included in the review to ensure only those entitled to a discount receive it in the north-east.

The Service will also postpone the planned intake of around 200 probationary constables who were due to join the Service in January.

A VIOLENT sex offender who repeatedly raped a woman and twice tried to murder her in Aberdeen and Banff was jailed for 13 years on Friday.

The Victim Surcharge Fund aims to provide direct and practical help to victims.

A man has been arrested and charged following a disturbance in Stonehaven after which a 30-year-old man was pronounced dead a short time later.

Following enquiries, officers arrested and charged a 30-year-old man after outbuildings were targeted.

POLICE have confirmed that a suspected drink driver was eight times above the legal limit last night, according to her roadside breath test.

POLICE are asking to public to come forward with information about a Huntly burglary at the weekend.

CAN you help find vandals who smashed up Banff business?

Police are appealing for information about an incident of theft by housebreaking in Portsoy's Soy Burn Gardens.

Police are appealing for information after an Aberdeenshire Council depot in Portsoy was broken into.

An SSPCA call led to 14 working dogs being seized from the Dufftown property.

Reports have been made of some vessels, paddle boarders and kayakers getting close to these animals and potentially causing a disturbance to them.