CITY MAN JAILED FOR GAY BASHING

Date Published: 03-Oct-2007

A man who picked on gay men near the diving board on the Promenade in Salthill last year, has been sentenced to eight months in prison for one such homophobic incident

20 year old Kevin Corcoran, a factory worker, from 54 Bun an Cnoic, Rahoon, appeared before Judge Mary Fahy at Galway District Court today [3/10]

He pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a man, (whom he believed to be gay), at Blackrock, Salthill, at 3 a.m. on April 15 last year

He also pleaded guilty to assaulting his victim, who was present in court, and to being drunk in public and breaching the peace on the same occasion.