State fails in bid to increase sentence of Rachel Kiely killer

The State has failed in a bid to increase the four-year sentence for robbery handed down to a Cork man who raped and killed beautician Rachel Kiely more than 10 years ago.

Ian Horgan (aged 27) received a 12-year sentence in 2007 for the rape and manslaughter of Rachel Kiely (aged 22), who was walking her dogs in a park in Ballincollig when she was attacked on October 26, 2000.