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E-mailGuest of honor at Irish criminal’s wake? A horse!
A horse was the guest of honor in a Dublin pub at the wake of a well-known drug offender who had been shot dead.
Dealer Noel Deans (27) was gunned down on January 16 in Coolock in Dublin, a high crime area.
He was leaving his local pub when he was shot. Though he had a criminal record, he was not believed to be a major dealer, and the reason for the shooting was said to be that he owed $800 dollars to a major crime figure
The dead man owned several horses and one of them was brought to the wake in a local pub as the guest of honor.
However, a number of his relatives and criminal associates began to drink heavily and the horse had to be removed as police were called.
When police arrived a violent confrontation took place between the family mourners and cops.
One young policewoman was struck on the head by a bottle, but she was not seriously injured.
Deans had a police record since he was 14, including cocaine dealing, assault and attempting to run over a policeman.
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