Sheriff Sinclair News Today

Susan Fletcher, an Aberdeen woman who stabbed a hypodermic needle into the face of a female Londis worker, has avoided a prison sentence.

A change of sheriffs is likely to have saved a man who ran amok in Wick town centre from a lengthy jail sentence.

A court heard on Tuesday that a teenager studying for a degree in childcare might find it difficult to get employment with a conviction for assault.

A drunk man who distracted paramedics treating a patient in a Wick street has avoided a jail sentence.