2020-07-29
Violent offender who tried to murder teen has suspended sentence activated
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: The judge had originally imposed a nine-year sentence with six years suspended for the attempted murder of the 17-year-old on June 27, 2016 at the Hellfire Club on Montpelier Hill in Dublin. When Mr Curtin went in after him Corbett used a sock to try to strangle the nurse. keJudge Melanie Greally at the Circuit Court imposed a five-year sentence on Corbett and suspended the final two-and-a-half years for 15 years on strict conditions.