In scenes reminiscent of the 1989 film Weekend at Bernese, two men were seen dragging the dead body of a 66-year-old man to an Irish post office in an alleged bid to claim his pension.
In the dark comedy film, two insurance salespeople pick up the body of their slain owner – pretending that he is still alive – and several times lose and recover his corpse, which is dressed and painted. Hua is wearing glasses.
The deceased has been identified as Pieder Doyle and Irish police are investigating whether he may have died two days earlier, when Friday morning’s incident came to light, the Daily Mail reported.
The fraudsters, one of whom knew the elderly man well, put a jumper on Doyle’s face, a cap on his head, and took the body to the post office.
Both men, who were in their 30s, initially visited Carlo’s post office and asked to collect pension payments, but were refused, with the staff informing them that Doyle himself or his family members had to hand over the money. have to be present. ,
It was alleged that they later went to Doyle’s house and took him to a public footpath before they tried to claim his pension again.
However, his appearance was “picked up” by the men, leaving an employee of a Hosie shop in County Carlow concerned about his well-being, after which he asked if he was unwell.
Reportedly, the two are said to have told him that Doyle had suffered a heart attack and laid his body on the ground.
As events unfolded on Friday, Gardai– Irish police, and an ambulance were called and the men remained at the post office, making no effort to escape.
A woman living near the post office said that her daughter saw two men taking the deceased man to the building.
The Irish Independent quoted the woman as saying, “The man seemed unwell and his feet were dragging on the ground.”
The report said that there was a queue outside the post office at that time and people initially thought that the man was having a heart attack.
“I feel so bad for the staff. I have a 12-year-old daughter and I’m trying to explain to her what happened and not sure where you start? It’s terrible,” she said.
According to preliminary investigation, the accused told Gardai that Doyle was alive when he was brought to the post office.
Although no one has been arrested so far, Gardai has interrogated both the men and recorded their statements.
Gardai is investigating whether Doyle died of natural causes at a nearby property.
On coming to know about the incident, the residents and neighbors of the elderly expressed grief and are sad.
While one described him as a ‘lovely man and neighbour’, the other said it was a ‘sad night’ and a ‘shock’.
The mayor of Carlow, Fianna Fell councilor Ken Murnay, said he was “absolutely shocked” to hear the news.
‘I can’t believe anyone would do something like this. It’s beggar faith, I’m just shocked.’
A Garda spokesman said Garda is investigating all the circumstances surrounding the unexplained death of an elderly male in the Carlo area on Friday morning.
“The services of the Garda Technical Bureau and the Office of the State Pathologist have been requested. A postmortem will be carried out by the Office of the State Pathologist, the results of which will determine the course of the investigation. No further information is available at this time,” the spokesperson said. It was quoted by Daily Mail as saying.