A Skye man accused of making dozens of nuisance phone calls to the emergency services will go on trial in August.
Alasdair Munro, 54, of Marieville, Meuse Lane, Kyleakin, may be defending himself at Portree Sheriff Court without the aid of a lawyer.
Yesterday Portree solicitor Duncan Burd was granted permission by Sheriff Richard Davidson to withdraw from representing Munro as he allegedly refused to communicate with him.
Trial was fixed for August 26 and 27.
Munro is accused of pretending to Coastguard on October 30, 2013, that he had received reports of a yacht in distress, and that between May 4, 2012, and May 11, 2014, he made 40 phone calls falsely claiming vessels were in distress or there were oil spillages.
A third charge alleges that between December 8, 2012, and March 30, 2014, he phoned the ambulance service with messages falsely stating he was ill and in need of attention.
He was further charged that between June 18, 2012, and May 11, 2014, he phoned police with messages falsely claiming he had been assaulted or witnessed incidents that needed police attention.
Lastly he was charged that between June 19, 2012, and May 11, 2014, he falsely represented to local police and the police control room in Inverness that he had been assaulted a number of times and had witnessed disturbances or other incidents, thus wasting police time.
Munro denied all charges.