Desecration of 800-year-old 'Crusader' at Dublin church 'an offence to the city'

The desecration of an 800-year-old mummified body at a church in Dublin has been described as 'an offence to the city'.

Thieves broke into a crypt at St Michan's Church and stole the head of one mummy called The Crusader, while damaging a number of others.