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20.08.2023 - 07:41 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A woman who lived with her killer fiancé to help detectives gather vital evidence against him is to launch legal action against police.
Caroline Muirhead was the key prosecution witness in the murder of cyclist Tony Parsons and provided the breakthrough to solve the long running cold case.
The forensic pathologist was able to lead police to his shallow grave in a Highland estate after her lover Alexander ‘Sandy’ McKellar confessed that he and twin brother Robert had killed the grandfather and buried his body.
But for 32-year-old Caroline from Glasgow said her life has been destroyed after police:
Caroline, whose complaints are also being investigated by police watchdogs, said the nine month ordeal has devastated her mental health, she is unable to work and has brought her close to a breakdown.
She said: “From the word go the police they were saying if I didn’t cooperate with them I could end up in trouble myself.
“I put so much trust in them and they promised anonymity, support, yet the minute you give them what they want you’re hung out to dry.
“They suggested from the start that I could also end up in trouble with assisting a criminal, wasting police time, aiding and abetting.”
And her ordeal likely led prosecutors to downgrade a charge of murder to culpable homicide which Sandy pled guilty to.
Robert admitted to attempting to defeat the ends of justice by burying the retired naval officer and his belongings.
The twins - currently on remand in prison - are due to be sentenced on Thursday.
Paul Kavanagh, Caroline’s lawyer, said: “Without her there they didn’t have enough for the trial. She was absolutely crucial to the case and when I was asked to go and see her with my advocate we were shocked at the way she
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