Aaron Heffernan sentenced to four years for partner assault

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Aaron Heffernan was resentenced to four years for assaulting his partner at the Court of Appeal on 27 April 2018.

He had pleaded guilty to two counts of assault causing her harm at Cavan Circuit Criminal Court, relating to incidents on 21 and 30 October 2016.

The court increased two concurrent two-year terms to consecutive sentences after finding the original sentence too lenient.