2022-12-12
'Spontaneous eruption of terrible violence' sees attempted murderer jailed for 11 years
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Today Mr Justice McDermott fixed 17 years' imprisonment as a headline sentence but discounted four years for Biber's early guilty plea, his admissions to gardaí and for his genuine remorse and abhorrence at what he had done. Mr Justice McDermott sentenced Biber to 13 years' imprisonment with the last two years suspended for four years for the attempted murder, which he described as a "ferocious and spontaneous eruption of terrible violence".