Brave cancer victim clung to life to see brutal attacker who battered her jailed... and died six days later | Mail Online

A brave grandmother suffering from cancer vowed to stay alive long enough to see a man who brutally attacked her with an iron bar brought to justice.

Mair Corbett, 78, was determined to see violent neighbour Damien Lightwood, 28, jailed for the attack, and then died peacefully in her sleep six days later.

Lightwood, a drug addict who knew Mrs Corbett was terminally ill, was sent behind bars for 10 years for beating her up in her home.

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