Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the death of charity cyclist Anthony Parsons in Scotland.

The pair, both aged 29, are due to appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court today, says Police Scotland (link is external), which has not disclosed the specific offences the men have been charged with.

Mr Parsons, known as Tony, was reported missing on Monday 2 September 2017.

The previous Friday, he had travelled by train to Fort William, from where he set out on a 104-mile charity bike ride back home to Tillicoultry, Stirlingshire.

He was last seen at around 11.30pm on the evening of Friday 29 September 2017 outside the Bridge of Orchy Hotel, Argyll & Bute.

Repeated searches and appeals revealed no trace of either Mr Parsons, aged 63 at the time of his appearance, or his bike.

His body was discovered more than three years later on 12 January last year, a week after Police Scotland had set up a major incident at a farm yard on the Auch Estate near Bridge of Orchy in connection with the investigation..

The search followed the arrests on 30 December last year of two 29-year-old men who were subsequently released while enquiries continued, although after Mr Parsons’ remains were found, police said that proceedings had been initiated under the Contempt of Court Act 1981.

Detective Inspector John McFall of the Major Investigations Team who led the inquiry team said: “I would like to offer my thanks to the local community for all their help and assistance throughout this investigation and to those who came forward with significant information.”

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On 02/12/2021 11:57 am, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the death of charity cyclist Anthony Parsons in Scotland.
>
> The pair, both aged 29, are due to appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court today, says Police Scotland (link is external), which has not disclosed the specific offences the men have been charged with.
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> Mr Parsons, known as Tony, was reported missing on Monday 2 September 2017.
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> The previous Friday, he had travelled by train to Fort William, from where he set out on a 104-mile charity bike ride back home to Tillicoultry, Stirlingshire.
>
> He was last seen at around 11.30pm on the evening of Friday 29 September 2017 outside the Bridge of Orchy Hotel, Argyll & Bute.
>
> Repeated searches and appeals revealed no trace of either Mr Parsons, aged 63 at the time of his appearance, or his bike.
>
> His body was discovered more than three years later on 12 January last year, a week after Police Scotland had set up a major incident at a farm yard on the Auch Estate near Bridge of Orchy in connection with the investigation.
>
> The search followed the arrests on 30 December last year of two 29-year-old men who were subsequently released while enquiries continued, although after Mr Parsons’ remains were found, police said that proceedings had been initiated under the Contempt of Court Act 1981.
>
> Detective Inspector John McFall of the Major Investigations Team who led the inquiry team said: “I would like to offer my thanks to the local community for all their help and assistance throughout this investigation and to those who came forward with significant information.”
>
> Please note that comments are closed on this story.
>
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How sad it is that a citizen, even in death, is characterised only as a
"cyclist" (or even "charity cyclist"). Was there no other, more relevant
and personal, way to describe him?