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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T13:52:13.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nJK Rowling has launched a scathing attack on Police Scotland and the Crown Office, accusing both institutions of providing inadequate support to forensic pathologist Dr Caroline Muirhead, who helped secure the conviction of her murderer fiancé.\n\nThe 60-year-old author took to X following the release of a Netflix documentary about the case, writing: \"Unbelievable lack of support for a key witness who was literally risking her life to collect evidence.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"'She's highly intelligent so needs no protection,' says it all.\"\n\nThe author continued: \"The unspoken corollary is that women in abusive situations must be stupid.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nDr Muirhead, 35, played a pivotal role in bringing Alexander McKellar to justice after he confessed to killing cyclist Tony Parsons in a 2017 hit-and-run.\n\nMr Parsons, a 63-year-old from Tillicoultry in Clackmannanshire, was cycling along the A82 when Mr McKellar struck him with his pick-up truck while intoxicated.\n\nRather than seeking help, Mr McKellar left the father-of-two to die before returning with his twin brother Robert to hide the body in a peat bog on the Auch Estate near Bridge of Orchy, where both men worked.\n\nThe case remained unsolved for three years until Mr McKellar met Dr Muirhead through a dating app.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWithin weeks of their relationship beginning, he confessed to the killing and took her to the burial site, which she later marked with a Red Bull can before contacting police in 2021.\n\nDr Muirhead has since described feeling abandoned by authorities after coming forward.\n\nShe said: \"I went to the police. I had done the right thing.\n\n\"But I thought the police would support me through this and they didn't.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * HBO recasts Ginny Weasley after Harry Potter star QUITS series due to 'unforeseen circumstances'\n  * UK TV stars rally behind Southbank chairman Misan Harriman amid alleged 'smear campaign'\n  * Rod Stewart hints at retiring from music in U-turn admission: 'That'll probably be it'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"They completely revealed me.\"\n\nShe added: \"I was the betrayer. It made me see the police in a completely different light. The police abandoned me.\"\n\nThe ordeal allegedly sent Dr Muirhead into a destructive spiral involving alcohol and drugs, culminating in her arrest and detention in a police cell.\n\nShe was later warned that refusing to testify against Mr McKellar and his brother at trial could result in contempt of court proceedings.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWomen's rights groups have since called for an inquiry, alleging Dr Muirhead was exploited by police and that her safety was compromised.\n\nFrances McMenamin KC, a former prosecutor now working as a defence counsel and adviser to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, told The Scottish Sun on Sunday: \"The body of Tony Parsons being discovered and the conviction of his killer would never have happened if it hadn't been for Dr Muirhead.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"From the moment she called police, she should have been treated as a vulnerable witness. Instead, she was failed very badly.\"\n\nThe Crown Office said it was committed to treating witnesses with dignity and respect, but declined to comment further on the specifics of the case.\n\nPolice Scotland confirmed that several complaints had been lodged, with one upheld relating to officer incivility.\n\nGB News has reached out to Police Scotland for comment.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "JK Rowling slams Police Scotland following Netflix true crime documentary: 'Unbelievable!'"
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