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Man charged in angry racial tirade gets 2 months conditional sentence, 1 year probation

Karry Corbett, who was filmed shouting racially charged language in Abbotsford last year has been handed a two month conditional sentence and one year's probation

Racial rant in Abbotsford parking lot went viral

Shocking racial slurs captured on video (Ravi Duhra/YouTube)

Karry Corbett, who was filmed shouting racially charged language in Abottsford last year has been handed a twomonth conditional sentence and one year probation.

The widely shared video was recorded by Ravi Duhra, a lawyer who saw Corbett yelling at a 72-year-old parking enforcement officer.

Corbett unleashed a torrent of race-based insults at Duhra after he pointed a camera at him in the parking lot of Duhra's law firm.

He turned himself in to police days after the incident.

Corbett was sentenced for assault.

A spokesperson with the attorney general's office said Corbett has also been charged with the unrelated assault of another individual, uttering threats to the other individual and causing a disturbance.

Corbett has a criminal record dating back to 1999, including past convictions for assault, theft and causing a disturbance.