05/11/2010

Man Flees With Mother's Body

A man has fled from his home in Kerry with the body of his dead mother.

According to reports, the 91-year-old woman, who is originally from the south of England but had been living with her son in the Kenmare area, died on holiday in Malta in September.

It is believed that her body was brought back to London by plane, but that her son - a man in his 60s - brought her body back to Ireland.

The county coroner had ordered the man to have his mother either buried or created.

However, when gardaí arrived at the man's home in the centre of Kenmare, neither he nor his mother's body was there.

A search is continuing, although it is understood that gardaí believe that the man and his mother's body are no longer in the jurisdiction.

(KMcA/GK)

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