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02/12/2015
Garda Killer Who Stabbed Wife With A Steak Knife To Be Sentenced
Garda killer Pearse McAuley who stabbed his wife 13 times in front of their children on Christmas Eve last year is to be sentenced today.
Mr McAuley from Tyrone previously spent ten years behind bars for the manslaughter of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in Limerick in 1996.
It also emerged that he had used a steak knife during the attack.
He admitted attacking his wife and threatening to kill her brother.
(CD/LM)
Mr McAuley from Tyrone previously spent ten years behind bars for the manslaughter of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in Limerick in 1996.
It also emerged that he had used a steak knife during the attack.
He admitted attacking his wife and threatening to kill her brother.
(CD/LM)
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