‘Narcissistic piece of work’ or ‘brave victim’? These 15 tweets prove how much Should I Marry a Murderer's Caroline Muirhead has divided the internet

"The reaction to Should I Marry a Murderer is psychotic"
Cameron Frew
By Cameron Frew

Should I Marry a Murderer revolves around Caroline Muirhead, a Scottish doctor who reported her fiancé to the police for killing a man. She’s proven to be a divisive figure in the wake of the Netflix doc; some people think she’s “brave”, others think she’s “crazy”.

It’s an unimaginable situation. Muirhead met Alexander “Sandy” McKellar through Tinder. They quickly bonded, and two months later, he proposed.

As they were gearing up to spend Christmas with her family, Sandy made a massive confession. In 2017, he’d been driving home from a party with his brother when he hit a cyclist: Tony Parsons. Sandy told Muirhead that he died on impact, so they buried the body – but, according to the police, he may have still been alive and could have survived with proper treatment.

“My brain wasn’t in a position to go to the police. My brain still wasn’t accepting what I’d been told. The underlying sense of panic was so massive, I actually couldn’t address it in that moment,” she explained.

Caroline Muirhead in Should I Marry a Murderer and a photo of her with Alexander McKellar
What do you think about Caroline Muirhead after the doc? (Credit: Netflix)

These tweets show how Should I Marry a Murderer’s Caroline Muirhead has divided viewers

Muirhead eventually reported him to the police and continued dating him, allowing her to gather evidence. By the end of the new documentary, it’s clear her mental health suffered as a result, and she submitted several complaints to Police Scotland about the way she was treated.

However, whether it’s all of the videos Muirhead can be seen taking of herself or all of her conflicting emotions about Sandy, she’s left Netflix viewers split.

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Sandy was later convicted of culpable homicide and sentenced to 12 years in prison. His brother, Robert McKellar, was sentenced to just over five months for obstruction of justice.

“He wasn’t convicted of murder, but he did take an innocent man’s life. So for me he is a coward and he is a killer,” Muirhead said.

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Should I Marry a Murderer is available to stream on Netflix now.