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A motion is set to be lodged within days to have killers Tom and Molly Martens released from a US jail, pending their retrial for the murder of Irish father-of-two Jason Corbett (39).
The revelation comes as it emerged defence legal teams are also expected to seek to have any retrial staged outside Davidson County in North Carolina - the venue for their original murder trial and conviction in July-August 2017.
Both father and daughter dramatically won a full retrial after the North Carolina Supreme Court quashed their conviction for the murder of the Limerick businessman.
Tom (71) and Molly (37) Martens have spent almost four years in various prisons serving their 20-25 year sentences for second-degree murder.
BREAKING: Father and daughter granted retrial for murder of Limerick man Jason Corbett
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THE FATHER and daughter who were convicted of killing Limerick man Jason Corbett have won a full retrial over the murder of the father-of-two.
Tom and Molly Martens have been in North Carolina prisons since their conviction for second degree murder almost four years ago.
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.
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.