Formula 1 engineer loses appeal over attack and false imprisonment of landlord (81)

A Formula 1 engineer's appeal against a nine-year prison sentence for attacking and falsely imprisoning his elderly landlord has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Stefan Schaufler, aged 53, pleaded guilty at Sligo Circuit Court in 2018 to assaulting Michael Lally, aged 81, causing him serious harm, falsely imprisoning him for 29 hours, and robbing him at a house in Sligo. Schaufler lured Mr Lally to a bedroom…