Moray court round-up – Murder trial, driving on wrong side, cocaine user cut from vehicle
Cocaine driver had to be cut from his car
A Moray man was high on cocaine when his car left the road and rolled into a field.
At about 9.20pm on December 12, 2023, the emergency services received a call that a Ford Fiesta had crashed off the A941 Dufftown to Craigellachie road.
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US driver in serious crash was on wrong side of road
A US military veteran has been fined for causing a serious crash in Moray by driving on the wrong side of the road.
James Boyd was holidaying in Scotland when the accident took place at about 8.15pm on September 18 last year.
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Jail for man who called 999 emergency number 32 times in a month
A serial 999 fake caller who threatened emergency service workers with a knife has been jailed again.
Wayne Taylor called ambulances to his home multiple times even though he wasn’t ill. This included 32 separate occasions during the course of just one month.
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Man who acted aggressively in McDonald’s given a month to avoid prison
A man who launched a tirade of abuse inside a branch of McDonald’s has been told he’s got a month to save himself from prison.
Ryan Morrison was first arrested on March 21 after becoming aggressive in a takeaway on Elgin High Street.
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Kiesha Donaghy murder trial – ‘I never laid a finger on her’, states accused
Owen Grant told his trial at the High Court in Edinburgh he was "very sure" he did not murder the 32-year-old woman in Elgin.
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Kiesha Donaghy murder trial – Accused said Elgin mum ‘would be fine’ after hearing she was dead
A man accused of murdering Kiesha Donaghy in her home claimed that she “would be fine" after being told she was dead.
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Highland League footballer fined for public indecency
A footballer who plays for Huntly FC has been fined after he dropped his trousers in front of police officers.
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