"Devout Muslim" who tried to murder his wife after becoming resentful of her independence has jail term cut on appeal

An Algerian man jailed for attempting to murder his wife by bludgeoning her in the head with a kettle-bell has had his jail term cut by one year on appeal. Lounes Ouachek (45), of St Dominic's Terrace, Tallaght, Dublin 24, had pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the attempted murder of R