Caroline Muirhead left a Red Bull can at the spot where boyfriend Alexander McKellar admitted burying Tony Parsons, helping police to find the body and secure a conviction, but says she was then pressured to spy on her partner for more evidence
before burying the body, is to sue the police for causing her mental distress by allegedly asking her to spy on her boyfriend over a nine-month period to gather more evidence.
"From the word go, the police were saying if I didn't co-operate with them, I could end up in trouble myself," she said. She explained:"They never said, 'You must record', but it was heavily insinuated that the first one was so helpful. They'd say: 'You must have more information, they must be talking about it. You're with them all the time'. I didn't have any mental health support. They said I wasn't allowed any because it could compromise the case."
The action is being brought for what under Scots law is known as"loss of society", under which"damages are intended to compensate family members for the distress, anxiety, grief and sorrow caused by the wrongful death of their loved one, together with the loss of their guidance", according to the Law Society of Scotland.
The brothers had been drinking in the same pub as Mr Parsons on the night of the fatal incident before driving home along the A82. Alexander, driving, hit Mr Parsons and rather than calling for help he and his passenger brother hid the body before returning with a different vehicle to move the body and the cyclist's bike.
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