Car jack wife killer gets eight years

A 37-year-old Co Kilkenny man who beat his wife to death with a car jack has been sentenced to eight years at the Central Criminal Court.

Patrick Hennessy of Killaloe, Callan, was convicted of the manslaughter of 31-year-old mother-of-three Marie Hennessy on May 10, 1999, after being acquitted on a charge of murder.