Pearse McAuley jailed for assault on wife after appeal

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Pearse McAuley was re-sentenced to 12 years, with the final two suspended, for assaulting and falsely imprisoning his wife at the Court of Appeal in Dublin on 7 November 2016. The attack took place at the couple’s former home in Kilnaleck, Co Cavan, on Christmas Eve 2014.

McAuley had originally received 12 years with the final four suspended at Cavan Circuit Criminal Court in December 2015. The Director of Public Prosecutions challenged the effective eight-year term, and the Court of Appeal found it unduly lenient.

The court heard that McAuley had pleaded guilty to false imprisonment, producing a knife and causing serious harm. The revised sentence left the headline term unchanged but reduced the suspended portion by two years.