WATCH: Wick parents insist son was murdered

Grieving Wick parents give MFR News exclusive interview

Published 13th Jun 2016

Kevin McLeod was just 24-years old when he was found dead in Wick Harbour, back in 1997.

It was there almost 20-years-ago that the engaged electrician drowned after suffering severe internal injuries to his abdomen.

The police believed that Kevin died after tripping and falling onto a bollard - causing those injuries - but a Fatal Accident Inquiry ended with an open verdict.

Kevin's parents believe he was murdered, and over the next two-decades Hugh and June have written almost 300-letters to Northern Constabulary and Police Scotland, urging the forces to re-investigate their son's death as a murder inquiry.

Now, they've broken almost a decade of silence by speaking exclusively to MFR News as they call on Police Scotland's new chief constable, Philip Gormley to order a cold case review.

It's over claims that they have evidence to show that a suggestion that Kevin's death was possibly murder was not investigated, despite an instruction to do so.

WATCH: MFR News reporter Bryan Rutherford has a special report. To see it, click play above.