Autumn sun for sender of pig’s head

The Dubliner who sent a pig’s head to the home of a Garda and his wife is set to be out of jail in time to get some autumn sun in Spain.

Autumn sun for sender of pig’s head

This follows Judge Gerald Keys yesterday imposing a two-year jail term on Brendan Mahoney, aged 48, for sending the pig’s head to the home of Garda Paul Heaslip and his wife, Natalie O’Neill, in January 2012.

As a result of receiving the rotting head — which was also split down the middle— the frightened couple were forced to leave behind their life in west Clare.

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