Sheriff Gary Aitken told Conon Bridge dad-of-five Mark McKernie that he should also stay away from alcohol for the good of him and his family.
Our reporters have been sitting in courtrooms across the north and north-east this week and covered a wide variety of cases.
Tariq Russell, 20, was recruited by his barber to assist a criminal gang carry out a callous telephone scam on the elderly and vulnerable.
Relatives of Sarah Kerr sued Moray Council alleging that she contracted cancer as a result being around the dangerous substances in the classroom.
Sex offender Josh Neil enlisted two Aberdeen thugs to terrorise potential witnesses in his upcoming court case.
Diego Valdivieso, 30, posed as a good Samaritan and offered the young woman his bed before taking advantage of her while she was asleep.
It is the second time in the space of weeks that William MacFarlane has been jailed, after he was sentenced for kicking the same woman's head "like a football".
Jonathon Clay repeatedly sent the woman offensive and menacing messages in spite of court orders banning him from doing so.
Juan Collar, from Spain, appeared in the dock at Inverness Sheriff Court and admitted three different thefts.
William Morrice sexually, physically and mentally abused the children aged four to 15 from the 1970s to 2003 - but now has dementia and is housebound.
John Millar, 40, was arrested by police at Aberdeen Airport after bombarding the woman with violent and racist abuse while on holiday in Asia.
Mark Rigby, 50, throttled his partner and called her abusive and demeaning names in public - even on the day of her father's funeral.
