The widow of a cyclist who was killed by a hit-and-run drunk driver and secretly buried in a shallow grave believe her family was denied justice – after the men responsible avoided a murder conviction.
Tony Parsons, 63, was on a charity cycle in the Highlands when he was knocked off his bike near Bridge of Orchy and lay dying by the roadside of horrific injuries.
But instead of calling emergency services, driver Alexander McKellar and his twin brother Robert hid Mr Parsons’ body in a peaty bog on the estate where they worked.
The remains went undiscovered for three years until farm worker McKellar confided in his pathologist girlfriend Caroline Muirhead about the killing and took her to the burial site. She deliberately dropped a soft drink can on the ground and was later able to pinpoint the remote location to the police.
In August 2023, Alexander McKellar was jailed for 12 years after he pleaded guilty to culpable homicide and attempting to pervert the course of justice by hiding the body.
