Drink-driver who killed cyclist Tony Parsons jailed for 12 years alongside twin who buried body
dailyrecord.co.ukA drink-driver who killed charity cyclist Tony Parsons by hitting him and abandoning him by the side of the road has been jailed for 12 years.
Alexander McKellar, 31, has been sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.McKellar caused the death of the 63-year-old grandad by hitting him with his car on the A82 near Bridge of Orchy, Argyll and Bute, on September 29, 2017.
Originally charged with murdering Mr Parsons, McKellar pleaded guilty to an amended charge of culpable homicide.After hitting Mr Parsons, he and his brother, Robert, went on to return to the A82 and moved Mr Parsons’ body to the Auch Estate and buried him with an excavator in a peat bog where animal carcasses were disposed of.
The twins admitted attempting to defeat the ends of justice when the case called at the High Court in Glasgow last month. Alexander McKellar was sentenced to 12 years behind bars when he appeared for sentencing at the court on Friday.
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