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Man who tried to murder teen at Hellfire Club further jailed for prison attack
Summary
Michael Corbett, aged 32, was sentenced to an additional 30‑month term for assaulting a prison officer with a homemade shiv on 19 October 2020. The shiv was made from a toothbrush and a blade. Corbett had previously been convicted of attempted murder of a 17‑year‑old at the Hellfire Club in 2016, for which he was serving a nine‑year sentence with six years suspended. The new sentence is to run consecutively with the six years he is currently serving. Judge Greally suspended the final 12 months of the 30‑month term for five years, imposing conditions including 15‑year post‑release supervision, weekly Garda station sign‑ins, medication compliance and mental‑health support. Corbett has seven prior convictions and is considered at high risk of reoffending. The officer sustained a head injury but was not seriously harmed. Corbett's defence highlighted his paranoid schizophrenia and medication non‑adherence. Michael Corbett pleaded guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Man who tried to murder teen at Hellfire Club further jailed for prison attack. Charges or matters: the attempted murder of the 17-year-old on June 27th, 2016 at the Hellfire Club on Montpelier Hill; assaulting causing harm to the nurse; assaulting the officer causing him harm and production of a weapon at Mountjoy prison. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- June 27th, 2016 Incident
- July 2018 Incident
- July 2020 Adjournment
- October 2016 Adjournment
- June 2019 Adjournment
- October 19, 2020 Incident
- 2022-03-14 Publication
Why: Mr Lynam accepted that it is a serious situation because if Corbett is not taking his medication, he is a risk to the public. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: the attempted murder of the 17-year-old on June 27th, 2016 at the Hellfire Club on Montpelier Hill; assaulting causing harm to the nurse; assaulting the officer causing him harm and production of a weapon at Mountjoy prison (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was jailed for three years in July 2018 after Mr Justice Michael White suspended six years of a nine-year term. In June 2019 Judge Melanie Greally imposed a five-year sentence and suspended the final two and a half years for 15 years on strict conditions after Corbett pleaded guilty to assaulting causing harm to the nurse.
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Central Mental Hospital
- Mountjoy
- Mountjoy prison
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