Twin brothers are to stand trial accused of murdering Tillicoultry cyclist Tony Parsons and disposing of his body on a country estate.Prosecutors allege that a car driven by Alexander McKellar collided with 63-year-old Tony leaving him seriously injured as he was cycling on the A82 in the Bridge of Orchy area on September 29, 2017.Alexander and Robert McKellar, who was said to be a passenger in the vehicle, are accused of assaulting Mr Parsons and failing to seek medical attention for him following the collision with “wicked and reckless disregard” for the consequences of their actions.It is alleged that they abandoned him at the side of the road during the hours of darkness while they went to Auch Estate, then returned in another vehicle and transported him and his bicycle to the estate where they concealed him under a tarpaulin and abandoned him whereby he died, and that they murdered him.The brothers, aged 30, are also accused of attempting to defeat the ends of justice between September 29, 2017 and January 3, 2021, by digging a grave on the estate, depositing his body there, covering it with animal remains and bleach and burying him.Mr Parsons, a former naval petty officer, was reported missing in 2017, aged 63, while on a charity cycle from his home in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, to Fort William, Highlands.Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.His remains were discovered in January 2021 in a remote area of ground close to a farm near the A82 at Bridge of Orchy.Prosecutors allege that the brothers pretended that damage caused to the vehicle that struck Mr Parsons had been caused by a collision with a deer.Alexander McKellar is also charged with causing the death of Mr Parsons by dangerous
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