Patient punched nurse to the floor and under trolley

A nurse at Mercy University Hospital in Cork City was punched in the side of the face by an unruly patient who was being asked by another nurse to calm down. The culprit was yesterday jailed for two years.

Samantha Corbett, of Russell Place, Mallow, Co Cork, pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of assault causing harm to Eithne O’Flynn on July 26, 2014. The blow knocked Ms O’Flynn to the floor and under a trolley.

Corbett was sentenced to three years in prison. The last year of the sentence was suspended.