Sentence upheld for man who tried to have wife killed

The Court of Criminal Appeal has upheld the seven-year sentence imposed on a man who twice tried to have his estranged wife killed.

Patrick Rafferty, a haulier, Ballina, Co Tipperary, who offered an undercover garda €15,000 to kill his wife by faking a road accident, had appealed the severity of the sentence imposed on him earlier this year.