When you think that people can't get any more bizarre and greedy, there's a story like this one. BBC News reported that a man in his 60s died in Ireland and two thugs decided to try and get his pension check. When they were told he needed to be present to collect it, they brought his corpse into the office. This happened in the town of Carlow. Carlow is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, 84 km from Dublin. They were caught ... READ ON>> Here's the story of these idiots:
Carlow body: Inquiry after 'dead man' taken into post office
BBC NEWS, January 24, 2022
An investigation has begun after claims that the body of a dead man was taken into Irish post office in an attempt to claim his pension.
Reports suggest a deceased pensioner was "propped up by two men" as his body was carried into the building in County Carlow, according to the Irish Times. It said the two men "dropped" the body and fled when staff questioned them.
Gardaí (Irish police) are investigating the circumstances surrounding the "unexplained death of an elderly male". A Garda spokesman would not comment on the specifics of the incident which happened at a post office in Carlow town on Friday morning but released a brief statement. "The services of the Garda Technical Bureau and the Office of the State Pathologist have been requested," it said. "A post mortem will be conducted by the Office of the State Pathologist, the results of which will determine the course of the investigation."
The Irish Times said it understood that a concerned staff member "enquired about the wellbeing of the man being propped up" when the group approached the post office counter.
The two men fled, dropping the body at the scene and when staff went to check on the elderly man they were shocked to discover he was dead, the paper said.
Irish broadcaster RTÉ reported that earlier on Friday, a man had called in to the post office on Staplestown Road in Carlow and asked to collect a pension on behalf of an elderly man.
That request was refused as staff told him the pensioner had to be present in order to release the money.
UPDATE: SUSPECTS CAUGHT: 1/28/22 : Declan Haughney, 40, with an address at Pollerton Road, Carlow town, was charged with two counts of deception. A second man has been released without charge.
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FOLLOWUP - Services Held for the Dead Man - IRISH TIMES:
A dignified funeral Mass and burial was held in Carlow for 66-year-old Peadar Doyle, whose body was used in an apparent attempt to claim his pension at a Carlow town post office on Friday morning.
About 100 mourners attended the funeral Mass in the Holy Family Church in Askea, conducted by parish priest Fr Tom Little. A silent candlelit vigil was held on the town’s Pollerton Road on Sunday, where the single man lived, “to honour the memory of a quiet, decent man”.
Gardaí believe Mr Doyle was already dead when he was taken into the post office. Sources told The Irish Times the results of the investigation to date show the pensioner did not die suddenly at the post office. Gardaí have also unearthed evidence suggesting Mr Doyle was alive earlier that morning. A postmortem has determined there was no foul play but was only able to estimate the time of death as some time on Friday morning.
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