DPP to appeal Pearse McAuley's 12-year sentence for attacking estranged wife

Prosecutors will argue in November that a man's 12 year prison sentence for attacking his estranged wife was “unduly lenient”. Pearse McAuley (50),with an address in Ballyconnell, Co Cavan, had pleaded guilty to seriously assaulting and falsely imprisoning his estranged wife as well as other related