Dead Man Found Stuffed With "Extra Organs

Inquiry Into Grisly Find Begins At Dublin Hospital

An internal investigation has begun at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin after a body which was sent there for an post-mortem was discovered with several extra organs stuffed inside the corpse.

Louis Selo from New Malden in Surrey, a 55-year-old former banker with Chartered Standard Bank and father-of-three was visiting Dublin on holiday with his wife Anna.

The couple were travelling back to their hotel in a taxiwhen, in her own words, she "started singing 'In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone.'"

"Louis was sitting in the front of the taxi and he joined in."

"The next thing the driver was calling the emergency department of the local hospital and he drove like a maniac to get us there within minutes.

"As Louis was being taken inside I asked him to give me a sign he could hear me, but he didn't respond. I knew then it was serious," she said.

Mr. Selo had suffered a major heart attack and was pronounced dead on his arrival at the hospital and an initial post-mortem was performed.

It wasn't until a few days later when his body was returned to the U.K. that the extra organs were found in the man's body.

A second post-mortem in a UK hospital - standard practice when a British citizen dies abroad - was performed and doctors found a extra heart and pair of lungs stitched in a plastic bag inside the body.

Officials at Beaumont Hospital were shocked when informed of the grisly discovery, a spokesman telling reporters: "What happened should not have happened and we express our deep regret to those affected.

"The hospital got in touch with both families the moment we became aware of the situation.

"A high-level inquiry is currently underway at the hospital and we expect the finding of that to be available shortly.

"It could lead to disciplinary action."

The hospital generally performs about 300 post-mortems every year. Authorities say that the donor of the extra organs has been identified and that they have been returned to the family and buried in a religious ceremony in Ireland.

Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Mrs Selo said that the family was distraught at the affair: "The problems with delays after Louis' body came to us meant that we could not bury my son until two weeks after he died," she said.

"It was very distressing to us all."

"He was our rock and life will never be the same without him."

Mr. Selo who is said to have been a prominent member of the British Jewish community hit the headlines five years ago when he flew his nine-year-old son Sebastian to Australia for treatment after criticising his local health service for failing the disabled boy.