Declan Haughney, along with another man, took his relative Peadar Doyle from his home to the Post Office to claim his pension on Friday, January 21
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A man accused of deception after he attempted to withdraw his dead uncleтАЩs pension and who left his corpse in to the Post Office has further been charged with shoplifting.
Declan Haughney, 40, along with another man, took his relative Peadar Doyle, 66, from his home to the Post Office in Hoseys, Ireland, on Friday, January 21.
Haughney, of Pollerton Road, Carlow, appeared before a sitting of Carlow District Court on Wednesday and was granted bail, after six days in custody, the Irish Mirror reported.
He has been charged with deception, whereby he is alleged to have attempted to withdraw the pension on two occasions.
And on Wednesday, appearing before Judge Geraldine Carthy, the court heard that Haughney has now been charged with another alleged offence.
He is charged with the alleged theft of groceries from the Raths Londis Plus store on CarlowтАЩs Pollerton Road on January 16.
Declan Haughney has now also been charged with the alleged theft of groceries from the Raths Londis Plus store
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The court heard that Haughney made no reply after caution тАФ when he was charged with the alleged offence outside the courtroom at 11am.
The alleged theft occurred five days before Haughney is accused of entering HoseyтАЩs Post Office in Carlow, where heтАЩs alleged to have attempted to withdraw his uncle PeadarтАЩs pension.
Peadar was discovered dead at the premises тАФ with his death ruled by a coroner to be from natural causes.
Haughney is accused of entering the Post Office at 11.04am where he тАЬdishonestly induced by deceptionтАЭ a member of staff.
It is alleged he did so by producing a social welfare card in the name of Peadar Doyle тАФ in an attempt to collect a pension payment of тВм240.
He is further accused of the same offence тАФ dishonestly inducing a member of staff at the same premises тАФ at 11:14am. Both charges are contrary to Section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act, 2001.
Haughney was brought to Carlow District Court in the custody of the Irish Prison Service
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Haughney, who was brought to Carlow District Court in the custody of the Irish Prison Service yesterday, was granted bail, on a number of conditions.
Judge Carthy ordered that the accused must obey a curfew of 9am to 9pm and that he must sign on three times a week at Carlow Garda station.
He must also supply police with a working mobile phone number, and be contactable at all times.
The court also heard that Haughney was ordered not to enter the vicinity of or into HoseyтАЩs Post Office or Raths Londis.
He must also тАЬbe of sober habitsтАЭ and remain тАЬintoxicant free,тАЭ the judge said.
Consent was given to bail on condition that the accused enter into a bond of тВм300, supplying a тВм200 cash lodgement of which to the court.
The court heard the accused was not in a position to pay the amount at that stage, and he was therefore remanded back into custody until his bail can be taken up.
Haughney was remanded into custody to appear before the court again later this month.
