Ex-fiancee of killer Alexander McKellar said 12-year sentence 'no punishment'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

McKellar was sentenced to 12 years in prison at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday for killing and burying grandfather Tony Parsons in 2017.His brother Robert, who helped to bury Mr Parsons’ body, was sentenced to 5 years and three months.

Caroline Muirhead was engaged to Alexander McKellar and turned him in to the police after he confessed to killing Mr Parsons.She was emotional during the sentencing of the McKellar brothers on Friday as she watched from the public gallery.

Afterwards she told the Sunday Mail that the punishment was not severe enough for their actions.Caroline said Mr Parsons’ family have had to wait longer to see justice for what happened than the twins could spend behind bars and called the sentencing “no punishment at all”.She said: “Tony Parsons family have been waiting nearly six years to find out what happened and see a conviction.

That’s longer than Robert will serve in jail and probably the same as what Sandy will. They’ve done nearly two years already, but that family have to deal with this for the rest of their life.”Both men will be eligible for parole after serving half of their sentences, which were backdated to when they were arrested on December 2, 2021.It means Robert McKellar could be free in less than a year while Alexander McKellar could be out before Christmas 2027.Caroline said: “The Crown could have got life sentences for both of them if the trial had gone ahead and they’d been convicted.“They left a man to die, they drove home and changed their car and left their phones.