Twin brothers hid charity cyclist's body after he was killed in drunk hit and run

Twin brothers have been jailed after hiding the body of a cyclist following a drunken hit and run.

Alexander McKellar killed 63-year-old Tony Parsons, who was on a 100-mile charity cycle, in September 2017 when he hit him with his car on the A82 between Glasgow and Glencoe and left him to die. Along with his twin brother Robert McKellar, he hid the cyclist's body on the farm estate where they both worked, where it remained before being found in 2021.

Alexander McKellar was originally charged with murdering Mr Parsons, a former Royal Navy submariner, before pleading guilty to an amended charge of culpable homicide at the High Court in Glasgow last month. He and his brother also admitted attempting to defeat the ends of justice.

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A missing persons inquiry was launched on October 2, 2017 when Mr Parson's failed to return home from his charity bike ride from his home in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, to Fort William. Members of his family, including his widow Margaret and children Mike and Victoria, were in court for the sentencing on Friday morning.

Alexander McKellar was sentenced to 12 years behind bars, while Robert McKellar was sentenced to five years and three months in jail.

The court heard that Alexander McKellar admitted driving on the A82 at “excess speed and when unfit through alcohol”. There was "extensive damage" to the front of McKellar's vehicle, which indicated the force at which he hit the cyclist.

Following the incident, McKellar left Mr Parsons by the side of the road “in a remote location during the hours of darkness and in inclement weather”, which caused his death. Mr Parsons suffered "multiple rib fractures