Pearse McAuley has jail sentence increased for "horrifying" attack on wife

A man from Ballyconnell, County Cavan, has had his prison sentence increased by the Court of Appeal following a review by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Pearse McAuley, aged 50, pleaded guilty to serious assault and false imprisonment of his estranged wife at their former home in Kilnaleck on Christmas Eve 2014. The initial sentence imposed at Cavan Circuit Criminal Court in December 2015 was twelve years with…