Murderer who subjected wife to three-hour assault in Cork home avoids jail for second time

Court of Appeal on Tuesday ruled original suspended sentence had been unduly lenient but accused allowed to leave court as a result of time previously served in custody

Marius Rucinskas, 45, formerly of Lithuania but now residing in Cork City, had received an 18-month suspended sentence for the three-hour attack, which took place on January 1, 2020, at a house he shared with Renata Rucinskeine on Main Street, Castletownbere, Co Cork.

A convicted murderer who dragged his wife by her hair, hit her head off a table, punched her, kicked her and tried to pull her eyelashes off, before finally attempting to suffocate her has once again avoided further time in custody — even though the Court of Appeal on Tuesday ruled his original suspended sentence had been unduly lenient.

Marius Rucinskas, 45, formerly of Lithuania but now residing in Cork City, had received an 18-month suspended sentence for the three-hour attack, which took place on January 1, 2020, at a house he shared with Renata Rucinskeine on Main Street, Castletownbere, Co Cork.