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KILLERS Tom and Molly Martens have dramatically won a full retrial over their conviction for the murder of Irish businessman Jason Corbett (39).
The North Carolina Supreme Court today ratified a Court of Appeal decision that the father and daughter should have a new trial as it was deemed their ability to argue self defence at their 2017 trial had been unfairly hindered.
It was decided by a majority decision of four judges to three on the Supreme Court just three months after an oral hearing was granted to both the defence and prosecution teams in Raleigh.
However, one dissenting judge pointed out that the evidence against the defendants in this case was overwhelming.
THE Irish family of a murdered father of two said they have placed their faith in God and will now work to help US prosecutors convict his killers for a second time.
THE Irish family of a murdered father of two said they have placed their faith in God and will now work to help US prosecutors convict his killers for a second time.
WALLBURG â The North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments Monday regarding a lower courtâs ruling to overturn the convictions of Thomas Martens and Molly Corbett.
Found guilty in August 2017 of murdering Irish native Jason Corbett, Martens, a retired FBI agent, and his daughter had their convictions overturned last February, but the decision was appealed by prosecutors. Corbett, 39, was found dead inside his Meadowlands home in August 2015.
His wife Molly and her father were convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 20-to-25 years in prison two years later. In February 2020, the North Carolina Court of Appeals found that both had grounds for a new trial.