Men who allegedly brought dead man's body to claim pension charged with deception

Gardaí believe the pensioner, 66-year-old Peadar Doyle, was already dead when he was taken into the post office.

Declan Haughney (pictured) allegedly took the body of his dead uncle, 66-year-old Peadar Doyle, to a nearby post office to claim his pension payment. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Two men have appeared before Carlow Circuit Criminal Court charged with deception and fraud of a post office last January involving the pension of a deceased pensioner.

Declan Haughney, 40, of Pollerton Road, Carlow, allegedly took the body of his dead uncle, 66-year-old Peadar Doyle, to a nearby post office to claim his pension payment. Gardaí believe the pensioner was already dead when he was taken into the post office.