His sister and nephew let themselves in to the property and raised the alarm when they found his body on the floor.
"It seems very strange that a man didn't collect his pension and that didn't trigger any alarm bells. The fact that he was a man of routine who went to the pub twice a week and went to the bookies. I find it troubling that in this age of mass communication this poor gentleman appeared to have slipped through the cracks."
Denis Cronin, a nephew of the pensioner, told the Coroner's Court that his uncle was an intensely private man."He kept himself to himself. From a family perspective he wouldn't have attended weddings. He didn't like a fuss." Mr Cronin does not live in Cork. However, he visited his uncle at Christmas and in the summer. He said that his uncle liked horse racing and going to the pub and that the bookies and the pub were his social outlets.
Another nephew, Joe O'Mahony, said he went to the property with his mother at 11.30am on 19 June last. He let himself in with a key and found Mr Scanlon dead on the floor. Garda Stafford said that neighbours told him that Mr Scanlon lived a reclusive lifestyle and they did not view it as unusual that he was not about.Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster said she was unable to ascertain a cause of death because the body was in such an advanced state of decomposition. An open verdict was recorded in the case.
How sad.
That is unbelievably heartbreaking.💔
For that length of time it is impossible to believe no one picked up the scent
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