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"Beating led to brain haemorrhage"
- PM
14.09.09
GREENCASTLE father of
four, Paul Houston died from a brain haemorrhage
following a severe beating, according to the
official post mortem results.
The 51-year-old president of Greencastle Golf Club
was attacked in the fishing village of Alvor in the
Algarve in the early hours of Sunday, September 6.
He was on his annual golfing holiday with wife
Celine and friends Philip and Marian Devlin when the
tragedy happened. |
A postmortem carried
out on Tuesday at the Institute of Legal Medicine in
Portimao by chief coroner, Dr Conceicoa Roubaco,
confirmed the local businessman died from blows to
the head. It is understood the chief suspects are
two Brazilian men.
Mr Houston's remains were repatriated to Ireland
from Portugal on Friday to repose at his late
residence. His funeral will take place this morning
with 11am Requiem Mass in St Mary's Church,
Ballybrack, Greencastle, followed by removal to the
Chapel of Rest, Carndonagh Community Hospital,
pending arrangement for cremation at Rose Lawn
Crematorium, Belfast. |
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