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Lewis McBlane

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 18, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Lewis McBlane

    Former sawmill worker fined and banned after trailer detached and seriously injured A96 motorist (opens the original)

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    A Fortrose man has been fined and banned from driving after a trailer detached from the tractor he was driving on the A96 - seriously injuring a van driver. Josh Paterson, who is 29 years old, previously admitted causing the victim “serious injury, permanent disfigurement and permanent impairment”, by driving without “due care and attention” at Drumine, by Ardersier, on October 4, 2022. Charges stated that both the tractor and trailer were in a “dangerous and unroadworthy condition”,

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Lewis McBlane

    Pensioner drove through level crossing barrier into passing Inverness to Wick train (opens the original)

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    An Invergordon pensioner has admitted driving through a closed level crossing barrier into the side of a train, with a child in the passenger seat. Appearing at Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday (September 15), Donald Williamson of Invergordon admitted putting his, and his passenger’s life, at risk by “culpably and recklessly” driving his car through the barrier - despite signs, flashing warning lights and a claxon all warning him to stop. Asked by Sheriff Harvie whether he admitted the c

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Lewis McBlane

    Invergordon pensioner drove through level crossing barrier into passing train (opens the original)

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    An Invergordon pensioner has admitted driving through a closed level crossing barrier into the side of a train, with a child in the passenger seat. Appearing at Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday (September 15), Donald Williamson of Invergordon admitted putting his, and his passenger’s life, at risk by “culpably and recklessly” driving his car through the barrier - despite signs, flashing warning lights and a claxon all warning him to stop. Asked by Sheriff Harvie whether he admitted the c

  4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Lewis McBlane

    Dingwall pensioner snared after sending ‘12-year-old girl’ obscene messages, pictures and video (opens the original)

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    A Dingwall pensioner has admitted sending sexual messages, pictures and a video to someone he believed was a 12-year-old girl. Ian Duff pleaded guilty to sexually communicating with the decoy profile between October 10 and October 26, 2025, at a property in Avoch and elsewhere. The 80-year-old admitted having sent explicit pictures and videos of himself to the profile, along with a host of other explicit sexual messages. He also pleaded guilty to taking or permitting to be taken indecent photogr

  5. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Lewis McBlane

    Teenage driver’s police pursuit left female motorist seriously injured (opens the original)

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    A teenage driver’s police pursuit ended in a crash which left an injured woman hanging by her seatbelt in an overturned car. Diogo Fonseca, from Inverness, pleaded guilty to the incident on September 13, 2024, during an appearance at Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday (September 15). The 22-year-old, who was 19 at the time, admitted causing serious injury by driving a white Mercedes-Benz dangerously during the pursuit on the A96, Millburn Road, and Barn Church Road in Culloden. Details of the

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