Killer told fiancée he'd buried cyclist dad's body in boozy Christmas confession
A man who killed a cyclist in a drunken hit and run then buried his body drunkenly confessed to his fiancée three years later, according to reports.
Alexander McKellar mowed down Tony Parsons on the A82 near Bridge of Orchy on September 29 2017. The father of two had been making his way home to Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire as part of a charity bike ride when he was struck and killed.
McKellar, who had been drinking and had a string of prior driving offences, called on his twin brother Robert to come and help him cover up the crime. They moved Mr Parsons' body to a remote woodland area and buried it, telling no one what had happened.
But now a source has come forward and claimed the story finally came out at Christmas 2020 - a full three years after the killing. During a festive booze-up, McKellar's partner reportedly asked if he had any secrets to tell her before they got married - and got more than she bargained for.
Alexander McKellar admitted killing Mr Parsons (PA)“He’d hidden it for more than three years," the source told The Sun.
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“Only Alexander and his twin brother knew until then. The incredible admission led police to finding Mr Parsons in an animal grave. Were it not for the confession, it would probably still be a mystery to this day.”
On Wednesday McKellar admitted killing Mr Parsons by hitting him with his vehicle. He and his brother Robert both appeared in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow, where they admitted a charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by burying him.
Robert McKellar admitted a charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by burying his brother's victim (PA)While originally charged with murder, advocate depute Alex Prentice KC announced the charges against the two brothers had been amended. Alexander McKellar admitted driving on the A82 at “excess speed and when unfit through alcohol”. His Isuzu D-Max pick-up hit 63-year-old Mr Parsons, who was cycling at the time.
With “reckless disregard” for his actions, he left Mr Parsons by the side of the road “in a remote location during the hours of darkness and in inclement weather”, causing his death. The charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice, is said to have taken place between September 29 2017 and January 3 2021. Mr Parsons’ remains were found in a remote area near a farm at Bridge of Orchy in January 2021.
Tony Parsons was on a charity bike ride when he was killed (PA)
Mr Parsons was a father of two (PA)Both brothers admitted leaving the site where Mr Parsons had been struck and returning in another vehicle, into which they placed the cyclist along with his bicycle and other belongings. They moved him to woods in Auch Estate, before then moving his body to another location which was used to dispose of dead animals.
There, they dug a grave and buried him, as well as disposing of his belongings. They pretended the damage caused to their car had been due to striking a deer and sought to conceal that Mr Parsons had been struck by it.
After the pleas were accepted on Wednesday, Judge Lord Armstrong said the matter would be continued to the same court on Friday as prosecution and defence agree a joint narrative.
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