Muir of Ord HGV driver left on a very slim tightrope after Highland court appearance By Ali Morrison Published: 09:00, 09 January 2021
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Sheriff Gary Aitken: This is careless driving at the highest end of the spectrum .
AN HGV driver answered a distress call from his pregnant wife and was rushing home when police stopped him for dangerous driving.
Robert Duguid was in his own car when police saw him speeding over the Kessock Bridge on March 21, last year.
The 26-year-old father of two then harshly accelerated out of the 50mph zone into the national speed limit and reached 110mph.
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A police constable had to take evasive action to avoid a head-on collision as he drove to intercept another vehicle.
Inverness Sheriff Court was told that 48-year-old David Mockett was on duty in a marked police car when he decided to pull over another driver to give him a warning.
But as the father-of-three was heading towards the entrance to Kyle of Lochalsh along a 330-yard stretch of road which bends to the right, he overtook another car and crossed double white lines.
Article By Court Reporter Published: 07:00, 22 December 2020
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A MILTON man was so desperate for money to buy drugs that he set himself up as a tradesman and pressured two vulnerable, elderly residents in Invergordon to employ him.
John Stewart (25), Old Mill Road, did some weeding for an 87-year-old woman, who was unhappy at the £60 she charged, but paid up.
And he was only stopped from undertaking painting work on behalf of an elderly man when his daughter - who kept an eye on her father via CCTV - intervened.
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Updated: 16:06, 21 December 2020
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Brora drink-driver Patrick Blackburn has been fined £900 and banned from the road for three years.
The case against the 32-year-old, of Clynemilton, called at Tain Sheriff Court on Monday, although he was not present.
The court was told he had previously admitted drink driving at Rosslyn Street, Brora, and elsewhere on June 6.
The case against Blackburn called at Tain Sheriff Court today.
Tests showed him to have 38mcg of alcohol in 100 ml of breath. The limit is 22 in 100. It is Blackburn s second drink-drive offence within a 10 year period.