The parents of a teenager who died after falling from cliffs in Thurso have said they are haunted by the "thought of outliving her". Alesha Wright was pronounced dead at the scene after plunging around 50ft from popular beauty spot Victoria Walk in Caithness on Monday evening.
A man, named locally as the 18-year-old’s partner Dominic Long, 26, remains in a critical condition at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness after being injured during the same incident. A police investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fatal fall remains ongoing, with Alesha's death being treated as unexplained..
Alesha’s family have released a heartbreaking statement through Police Scotland on Thursday night in which they paid tribute to the popular young woman.