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Pearse McAuley charged after wife stabbed in County Cavan | Pearse McAuley charged after wife stabbed in County Cavan |
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Prominent republican Pearse McAuley has appeared in court after his wife was stabbed in County Cavan on Christmas Eve. | |
McAuley, who was one of the men convicted of killing Garda Jerry McCabe in 1996, is charged with assaulting and threatening to kill his wife. | |
Pauline McAuley, a former Sinn Féin councillor, was injured at a house at Killaderry, Kilnaleck. | |
Her husband appeared at a special sitting of Cavan District Court. | |
He is also accused of threatening two other people. | |
A detective told the court that the defendant, with an address at Canal Bank Walk, Castleforde, Ballyconnell, County Cavan, made no response to the charge of assault causing harm. | |
In response to the charge of threatening to kill his wife, the detective said he replied: "I didn't say I was going to do it. I didn't set out to kill or harm Pauline McAuley." | |
He was remanded in custody to Castlerea Prison. | |
Mr McAuley who was in the IRA, served 10 years of a 16-year prison sentence for his part in killing Detective McCabe, who was shot dead in County Limerick during the botched robbery of a post office van. | Mr McAuley who was in the IRA, served 10 years of a 16-year prison sentence for his part in killing Detective McCabe, who was shot dead in County Limerick during the botched robbery of a post office van. |
He will appear again before Harristown Distict Court in County Roscommon on 2 January. |