Drink driver killed cyclist and then buried his body with help from twin brother

A drink driver has pleaded guilty to killing a charity cyclist by crashing into him and then abandoning him by the side of the road. Alexander McKellar killed Tony Parsons, 63, when he hit him with his vehicle on September 29, 2017.

He admitted driving on the A82 near Bridge of Orchy at “excess speed and when unfit through alcohol”. His Isuzu D-Max pick-up hit Mr Parsons, who was cycling at the time.

McKellar and his twin brother, Robert, both appeared in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow, where they admitted attempting to defeat the ends of justice by burying him.

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The court heard that McKellar left Mr Parsons by the side of the road “in a remote location during the hours of darkness and in inclement weather” with “reckless disregard” for his actions.

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.

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 then 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.

The brothers were originally charged with murder but advocate depute Alex Prentice KC announced the charges against