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Two people arrested in connection with the death of a woman in Lerwick have now been charged, police have confirmed. The deceased, now formally identified as 40-year-old Tracey Walker, was found dead outside a property on the town's Ladies Drive at 2:05am on Tuesday. Police confirmed on Tuesda... Read more...
Two people have been arrested following the death of a woman found outside a property in Lerwick, police have confirmed. Emergency services attended the scene at Ladies Drive just after 2am on Tuesday morning but the woman, aged 40, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her death is being treated as ... Read more...
A car's tyre's were deliberately punctured in Yell, leading to a police investigation. (more…) Read more...
Drugs carrying a street value of over £820,000 have been seized by police throughout the Highlands and Islands during a four week period. Officers executed 34 search warrants across the region, with seizures being made from Shetland to Inverness. A variety of substances were discovered during... Read more...
A 24-year-old man accused of behaving aggressively towards his partner and smashing a window at her property has been released on bail. Kristian Georgiev, of Hoofields, Lerwick, made no plea when he appeared from custody at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Thursday. He faces a charge of behaving in a ... Read more...
Police are appealing for information after an alleged theft of a purse from a bus passenger. The crime is believed to have been committed on the number six bus from Nederdale in Lerwick to Sumburgh on Friday between 11pm and midnight. The purse is large, rectangular and made of red leather. ... Read more...
Police have arrested a 31-year-old man following an investigation into suspected firearms offences. The man was taken into police custody after local officers and "specialist resources" searched a property in the Meadowfield Crescent in Scalloway on Monday morning. Officers had previously carr... Read more...
A woman concerned in the supply of drugs from her Lerwick home and her former partner, who grabbed a police officer by the throat, have both been jailed. Simon Cooper, 32, and Paula Flaherty, 35, were handed sentences of 16 months and two years respectively for the offences. At Lerwick Sheriff... Read more...
A 20-year-old man who admitted carrying out a sexual assault on an underage girl has been placed under supervision for two years. Asa Tulloch, of St Olaf Street, Lerwick admitted the offence during an earlier court appearance. His sentence was deferred at the time for background reports to be com... Read more...
Police investigating a sexual assault in Lerwick have issued a new appeal for information. (more…) Read more...