"He was alive when we left the house", said one of them...
Two men took the body of a relative to the post office in order to collect his pension… or did the man die while waiting at the counter? Irish police have launched an investigation into this bizarre case.
According to local media, the two men are believed to have transported the deceased to a post office in Carlow, in southeastern Dublin, on Friday morning, to collect his pension. But one of them told the Sunday World newspaper that "he was alive when we left home." Before that the two suspects had asked officials if they could collect the pension in his place because he was ill, but received a negative answer.
"We had to pick him up and take him to the post office, but he never got his money," said one of them, categorically denying that he had already died at home. "He died in the post office. I think he collapsed next to the ice cream fridge," he added.
The forensic examination ruled out the possibility that the death of the 66-year-old was due to a criminal act. Irish police, however, said they were investigating the events surrounding his death.
According to the Irish Times, the 66-year-old lived just 500 meters from the post office and the police want to know "what condition he was in" when he was taken from his house to the store.
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