Allan McLeod urges police to reopen nephew's case, despite passing of lead prosecutor

A Caithness family pushing for their relative’s death to be reinvestigated say it’s not too late to reopen the case, despite a second person connected with the case passing away.

In 1997 Kevin McLeod’s body was discovered in Wick Harbour and police treated the incident as an accident, with a fatal accident inquiry later recording an open verdict.

But the 24-year-old’s uncle - Allan - remains convinced it was murder, and fears time’s running out after last week’s death of Procurator Fiscal Alasdair Macdonald: