CRIME

EXCLUSIVE: Two of Scotland’s top police figures blast lack of policing on killer Highland roads

Two of Scotland’s most influential police figures have united to condemn under-policing of killer Highland roads including the A9 and A96.

1500 hours of CCTV footage being scoured by police investigating sex attack on boy

Detectives investigating the attack on the eight-year-old at a Drumnadrochit campsite have also visited 100 properties and reappealed for information.

WATCH: Detectives tell of holidaying father’s horror as he woke to sexual predator assaulting his son, 8

A horrified father awoke to find a sexual predator was assaulting his eight year old son in the boy’s neighbouring tent at a Loch Ness-side campsite.

UPDATE: Police step up hunt for man after ‘very upsetting and worrying’ sexual assault on boy (8) at Loch Ness campsite

Detectives have drafted in reinforcements in the hunt for a predator who sexually assaulted an eight-year-old boy in a tent at a Loch Ness campsite.

Moray men in court over Newtonmore Co-Op break-in

Pair also accused of car theft.

Police hunt slippery thieves who made off with cooking oil from holiday park

Used cooking oil has been stolen from a rural estate holiday park near Aviemore.

Grantown park ‘slowly being wrecked’ by vandals

Anger growing over mistreatment of facility after £99k upgrade

Highland’s decade-long drink and drug driving crisis REVEALED

Highland is among the country’s worst areas for drink and drug driving, “troubling” new figures have revealed.

Police on trail of balaclava team after Kingussie raid

Appeal goes out for help with the second such Badenoch break in this week

Appeal following Newtonmore break-in

Co-op store cordoned off after discovery

750 motorists spoken to during high-vis police patrols at major tourist hotspots

High-visibility police patrols have spoken to hundreds of motorists at major Highland tourist hot-spots in a bid to cut serious crashes in the region.

Two women charged with attempted murder have appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court

Two women have been charged with attempted murder at Inverness Sheriff Court.

2 women charged over murder attempt on 35-year-old man and 4 robberies

Two women arrested yesterday in connection with an attempted murder and four robberies are to appear in court today.

Man (25) arrested after stand off with police near Beechwood Business Park

Police were called to the address on Old Perth Road just after 2pm yesterday (June 24).

Crime surge sparks demand for Highland Council to call on John Swinney to deliver more police and better funding

Two councillors say the ‘Scottish Government must show greater support for the police service’.

£33m Highland video camera rollout to give police ‘more confidence’

The £33 million video camera rollout to Highland police officers will allow cops to “have more confidence in how they act”.

Highland police to ‘feel more safe’ with new video cameras

Today (June 17), Police Scotland has rolled out body worn cameras to around 400 officers across the region.

CRIME

EXCLUSIVE: Two of Scotland’s top police figures blast lack of policing on killer Highland roads

1500 hours of CCTV footage being scoured by police investigating sex attack on boy

1500 hours of CCTV footage being scoured by police investigating sex attack on boy

WATCH: Detectives tell of holidaying father’s horror as he woke to sexual predator assaulting his son, 8

WATCH: Detectives tell of holidaying father’s horror as he woke to sexual predator assaulting his son, 8

UPDATE: Police step up hunt for man after ‘very upsetting and worrying’ sexual assault on boy (8) at Loch Ness campsite

UPDATE: Police step up hunt for man after ‘very upsetting and worrying’ sexual assault on boy (8) at Loch Ness campsite

Moray men in court over Newtonmore Co-Op break-in

Moray men in court over Newtonmore Co-Op break-in

Police hunt slippery thieves who made off with cooking oil from holiday park

Police hunt slippery thieves who made off with cooking oil from holiday park

Grantown park ‘slowly being wrecked’ by vandals

Grantown park ‘slowly being wrecked’ by vandals

Highland’s decade-long drink and drug driving crisis REVEALED

Highland’s decade-long drink and drug driving crisis REVEALED

Police on trail of balaclava team after Kingussie raid

Police on trail of balaclava team after Kingussie raid

Appeal following Newtonmore break-in

Appeal following Newtonmore break-in

750 motorists spoken to during high-vis police patrols at major tourist hotspots

750 motorists spoken to during high-vis police patrols at major tourist hotspots

Two women charged with attempted murder have appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court

Two women charged with attempted murder have appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court

2 women charged over murder attempt on 35-year-old man and 4 robberies

2 women charged over murder attempt on 35-year-old man and 4 robberies

Man (25) arrested after stand off with police near Beechwood Business Park

Man (25) arrested after stand off with police near Beechwood Business Park

Crime surge sparks demand for Highland Council to call on John Swinney to deliver more police and better funding

Crime surge sparks demand for Highland Council to call on John Swinney to deliver more police and better funding

£33m Highland video camera rollout to give police ‘more confidence’

£33m Highland video camera rollout to give police ‘more confidence’

Highland police to ‘feel more safe’ with new video cameras

Highland police to ‘feel more safe’ with new video cameras

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