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Drug-dealing daughter of a disgraced British playboy Baron murdered in the Philippines

Aurora Moynihan was killed after exiting a vehicle in Manila as the south east Asian country wages a brutal war against drugs

Maritoni Fernandez

THE drug-dealing daughter of a disgraced playboy baron has been shot and killed in the Philippines.

This gruesome image shows tragic Aurora Moynihan, 45, daughter of Baron Antony Moynihan, lying dead at the side of a road in Manila riddled with gun shot wounds.

 Witnesses say the dealer was five times as she exited a car
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Witnesses say the dealer was five times as she exited a carCredit: QCPD

Aurora was reportedly a well-known crystal meth dealer whose core clientele were celebrities in the south east Asian country.

The 45-year-old was found with four bags of shabu, the street name for methamphetamine, and ‘other drug paraphernalia', according to authorities.

Police have released CCTV footage of the suspected dealer being shot multiple times by a fellow passenger as she exited a Toyota SUV.

A sign left next to her bloodied corpse reads: “Pusher to the celebrities, you are next.”

According to witnesses, she was shot five times.

The Philippines is mired in a brutal war on drugs which has resulted in more than 3,000 people being killed.

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered authorities and members of the public to execute drug dealers and addicts shortly after coming into power this year.

 Aurora (right) with her sister Maritoni Fernandez (left) a famous screen actress in the Philippines
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Aurora (right) with her sister Maritoni Fernandez (left) a famous screen actress in the Philippines
 Lord Moynihan and his wife Luthgarda on their wedding day
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Lord Moynihan and his wife Luthgarda on their wedding dayCredit: United Press International

Aurora’s father Antony Moynihan fled Britain for the Philippines to escape fraud charges in the 1970s.

The infamous baron, who died aged 55 of a heart attack, married belly-dancer Luthgarda Fernandez, his third wife and Aurora’s mother.

Investigators have confirmed that the tragic victim was on a police watch list due to her alleged involvement in a drug syndicate

She was previously arrested by cops in 2013 during a raid on a meth den.

Her glamorous sister Maritoni Fernandez, who is a famous actress in the Philippines, described Aurora as an “exceptional human being.”

She said in a statement: 'We as a family have one priority...at this point in time and that is to protect her children from further pain and suffering so that they, and we as a family, may take this time to grieve, mourn but most of all celebrate the life of this exceptional human being I will forever have the privilege of calling my sister.'

 President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a brutal war on drugs in the south east Asian country
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President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a brutal war on drugs in the south east Asian countryCredit: PPD


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