Med student dropout sent threatening letters to college staff

A Cork medical school dropout who sent threatening letters to 10 of his past supervisors and tutors at the Royal College of Surgeons has been given a three-year suspended sentence.

Colin Joyce, aged 34, was angry that the college had refused him re-admission to allow him complete his medical degree after he had attempted, over the course of four years, to complete his fourth year.

He ultimately left due to mental health difficulties in 2007.