Drink-driver who killed a charity bicycle owner and buried his physique within the woods with the assistance of his twin brother ‘confessed to his fiancée throughout a Christmas consuming session when she requested if he had any secrets and techniques earlier than they wed’

A drink-driver who killed a charity cyclist then lined it up with the assistance of his twin brother was caught after confessing to his fiancee.

Alexander McKellar ploughed into Tony Parsons in his Isuzu pick-up on the A82 between Bridge of Orchy, Argyll, and Tyndrum, Perthshire.

McKellar and his twin Robert then tried to cowl up the crime, on September 29, 2017, by burying the 63-year-old former Navy officer in close by woods.

The pair will likely be sentenced for the stunning offence later in the present day. 

A supply advised The Sun McKellar spilled the beans in a Christmas consuming session in 2020.

They added: ‘His fiancée requested if he had any secrets and techniques to disclose earlier than they received married however clearly she wasn’t anticipating that bombshell.

‘He’d hidden it for greater than three years. Solely Alexander and his twin brother knew till then.

Alexander McKellar pleaded responsible to culpable murder and making an attempt to pervert the course of justice over the dying of Tony Parsons, 63, from Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire

Robert McKellar, who pleaded responsible to making an attempt to pervert the course of justice over the dying of Tony Parsons, 63, from Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire on September 29, 2017

‘The unbelievable admission led police to discovering Mr Parsons in an animal grave.

‘Had been it not for the confession, it will most likely nonetheless be a thriller to at the present time.’

The disappearance of Mr Parsons sparked a significant lacking particular person probe, which included a BBC Crimewatch attraction by his son Mike.

His stays have been lastly discovered on January 12, 2021, three years after he was killed. Each McKellars, 31, from Argyll, had been as a result of stand trial accused of homicide.

However, by way of his KC Brian McConnachie, McKellar this week pleaded responsible on the Excessive Court docket in Glasgow to the decreased cost of culpable murder.

His brother, represented by John Scullion, KC, had his not responsible plea to homicide accepted. 

Together with McKellar, he admitted a cost of making an attempt to defeat the ends of justice.

Tony Parsons, 63, from Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, who died on September 29, 2017

The ultimate journey of former naval officer and charity bicycle owner Tony Parsons

The widow of charity bicycle owner Tony Parsons, Margaret Parsons (left) and their daughter Victoria, arrive on the Excessive Court docket for drunk driver Alexander McKellar’s sentencing

Mr Parson’s son Mike (proper) and his spouse arrive on the Excessive Court docket, Glasgow, for the sentencing of drunk-driver Alexander McKellar who killed his father together with his automotive on September 29, 2017

Prosecutor Alex Prentice, KC, revealed that McKellar had earlier street visitors convictions together with harmful driving and drink-driving.

The courtroom heard how Mr Parsons had travelled from his house in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, in September 2017 to Fort William, Inverness-shire, desiring to return south as a part of a charity bike journey.

The amended culpable murder cost acknowledged that McKellar drove at extra pace whereas unfit by means of alcohol on the evening of the killing.

Prosecutors acknowledged that McKellar failed to look at Mr Parsons, who was biking on the A82, and induced his car to hit the daddy of two.

The driving force didn’t get medical assist for the sufferer in ‘reckless disregard for the results’.

The bicycle owner was stated to have been deserted together with the street in a darkish and distant space in ‘inclement climate’.

Each McKellar brothers knew what had occurred and took excessive steps to cowl up the crime, the courtroom heard. 

Police search a Highland farm at Auch Property in reference to the disappearance of Tony Parsons on January 8, 2021 in Bridge of Orchy, Scotland

The broken pick-up was dumped on the close by Auch Property together with their telephones. 

Utilizing one other automotive they returned to the scene, the place Mr Parsons was nonetheless mendacity, and hauled him alongside together with his bicycle and different private belongings into the car.

The brothers initially hid him in woods on the Auch Property.

They later returned and moved the physique to a location used ‘for the needs of disposing of lifeless animals’. 

Mr Parsons was reported lacking on October 2, 2017.

Prosecutors stated the brothers received assist in making an attempt to restore the car used within the killing, claiming injury had been attributable to hitting a deer. 

The cost acknowledged all this was to ‘stop and delay the invention of the physique’.

It was stated they did ‘impede’ the police from conducting a ‘full and correct investigation’.

Mr Parsons’ physique was found by specialist police search officers in a distant space near a farm close to the A82.