Violent attacker who had it 'in his mind' to rape victim (85) has sentence increased

A man from Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, has had his prison sentence increased following an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Shane Smith (32) pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an elderly woman at her home in April 2018 after forcibly entering the property early in the morning and restraining her on her bed. He also admitted falsely imprisoning the same victim. At Cavan Circuit Criminal Court in…