20 September,2016 09:37 AM IST | | Agencies
A daughter of the late British baron Lord Moynihan has been killed in the Philippines where the government is waging a deadly war on drugs, the police said yesterday
Manila: A daughter of the late British baron Lord Moynihan has been killed in the Philippines where the government is waging a deadly war on drugs, the police said yesterday.
Maria Aurora Moynihan (45), was shot by unknown attackers who left her by the side of a Manila street on September 10, authorities said. Her killers left a cardboard sign accusing Moynihan of being a "drug pusher for celebrities", said Chief Inspector Tito Jay Cuden.
The victim was on bail while facing charges of possession of illegal drugs following a February 2013 suburban Manila police raid.
"Witnesses told us they heard a series of gunshots, then saw a vehicle leaving the area. They did not see its licence plates," Cuden said.
Cuden said the victim, who held dual British and Filipino nationality, is a daughter of the third Baron Moynihan of Leeds, who died in 1991 in Manila where he ran a string of brothels.
Anthony Patrick Andrew Cairnes Berkeley Moynihan fled to the Philippines in the late 1960s while facing a string of fraud allegations in Britain.
The British embassy in Manila said it would issue a comment on the case later.
