Mountjoy prisoner with 147 convictions head butted officer, leaving him with bulging discs and afraid to return to work

Fri 12 Jan 2024 at 16:33

A prisoner who head butted an officer in Mountjoy Prison, leaving him with bulging spinal discs and afraid to return to work, has been sentenced to two years and nine months imprisonment.

Bernard Corrigan (39), currently serving a sentence in Mountjoy Prison, appeared before Judge Orla Crowe in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today having pleaded guilty to assault causing harm of a prison officer in Mountjoy Prison on December 27, 2021.