A family in Ireland has stated they are willing to give their relative the ‘benefit of the doubt’ after his uncle was confirmed deceased and he appeared with him at the post office to collect his pension. Here are the developments in the story.
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Man who brought lifeless uncle’s body to post office for pension given benefit of doubt
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Declan Haughney enlisted the assistance of his friend Gareth Coakley on January 21, 2022, when CCTV footage captured the duo carrying Peadar Doyle.
Doyle’s legs dragged over the concrete as the couple walked to Hoseys Post Office in Carlow, Ireland, but when a concerned onlooker approached them, Haughney allegedly replied, “He’s grand.”
Haughney attempted to claim his uncle’s €246 (£211) pension payout at the post office, but police quickly arrived and Doyle was pronounced dead on the spot.
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During Haughney’s sentencing earlier this month, it was revealed that no definite time of death for Peadar could be determined.
As a result, family members believe the uncle was still alive when Haughney left the house with him.
There was no evidence against the man
“As unhappy and hurt as we are, we are not in a position to condemn him for taking him out of the house dead,” Peadar’s niece told the Carlow Nationalist. “There is no indication that he did anything like that. There is no evidence to accuse him of lying.”
Liam Dowling, Peadar’s brother-in-law and Declan’s uncle added, “If there is no proof on the other side, you have to give them the benefit of the doubt.”
Haughney had lived with Peadar for much of his life, according to his niece, and they had split pension and social welfare income after home expenditures.
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“They were quite close. Declan, of all others, would have done no harm to Peadar,” she claimed.
Though some have questioned why the family did not entirely disown Haughney, the niece stated, “It wouldn’t be morally correct.”
“We have those morals; we are respectable people… Maintain your commitment to the truth. We are not the type of family that condemn someone based on unsubstantiated statements simply because it is fashionable and looks better for us.”
“The entire country had condemned him of bringing Peadar out of the house dead,” she claimed. “That’s what he was frightened of pleading guilty to, and he was convinced that he hadn’t done it.”
Haughney was sentenced to two years in prison with six months suspended earlier this month for attempted deception, but he was released just one week later due to time served and remission.
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