Cavan man who killed his wife at their family home is jailed for 12 years

Oliver Kierans, aged 57, from Drumbannon in Bailieborough, County Cavan, has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment for the killing of his wife Patricia at their family home on 5 September 2013. The Central Criminal Court imposed concurrent sentences of nine years for manslaughter, eight years for unlawful possession of a sawn-off shotgun, and twelve years for possession with intent to endanger life. A jury…