The corpse of a 66-year-old man was carried to a post office by two fraudsters in an alleged bid to claim his pension, in scenes reminiscent of the 1989 film Weekend At Bernie’s.
In the dark comedy movie, a pair of insurance salesmen lug around the body of their murdered boss – pretending he’s still alive – and lose and recover his corpse, which is clothed and wearing tinted glasses, several times.
Irish police are investigating whether the elderly man, named locally as Peadar Doyle, may have been dead for up to two days when yesterday morning’s incident took place.
The fraudsters, one of whom knew the 66-year-old well, had put a jumper over Mr Doyle’s face and a hat on his head.
Both men, who were in their 30s, went into the post office and tried to get the money but staff told them they needed his next of kin there or Mr Doyle himself.
Pictured: Gardaí take the body of the man, named locally as Peadar Doyle, from Hosey’s shop in County Carlow, Ireland after fraudsters allegedly tried to claim his pension yesterday morning, putting a jumper over his face and a hat on his head
The men had told staff that the pensioner was having a heart attack when questioned about his wellbeing and placed the body on the ground. Pictured: Gardaí outside the shop in County Carlow yesterday
The fraudsters’ actions had echoes of the 1989 film Weekend At Bernie’s. In the dark comedy movie, a pair of insurance salesmen lug around the body of their murdered…
