Man with history of assaulting women has prison sentence doubled three days before release date

A man with a documented history of assaulting women has had his prison sentence doubled by the Court of Appeal in Cavan, just three days before his scheduled release. Aaron Heffernan, aged 39 and residing in Cavan town, had pleaded guilty at Cavan Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of assault causing harm to his partner in October 2016. He was originally sentenced to two concurrent two-year terms in August 2017…