Jason Corbett’s sister says the family can move on after Molly and Tom Martens’ imprisonment

On Wednesday, North Carolina Supreme Court Judge David Hall handed down a verdict against both for the involuntary manslaughter of Jason Corbett, 39, in August 2015.

After the couple were led away in handcuffs, Tracey Corbett Lynch said: “Although this is not a moment for us to celebrate, we can still find a way to move forward in our lives.”

Referring to Jack and Sarah, Jason’s two children, Tracey added: “(They) finally had the chance to communicate unencumbered and freely without coercion.”

In the “X” post, she said that while the family “may not be happy with the conviction, we want to recognize the dedication and hard work that the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney’s Office have put in over the last eight years.” have shown over the years.”

She said the family was “deeply grateful for the support we have received from the people of North Carolina and Ireland.”

“We thank the media for their interest and reporting. We kindly ask for privacy as our family processes this experience with the comfort of knowing that Jason will forever hold a place in our hearts and memories,” she added.

Both Tom and Molly Martens had already served 44 months in custody as a result of their second-degree murder convictions, which were overturned. After being convicted of manslaughter, both will now be in custody for at least seven months.

Both the 73-year-old father and his 40-year-old daughter received the same sentence. It ranges from 51 to 74 months – four years and three months to six years and two months.

It was the second time the pair, now aged 40 and 73, had been jailed for beating the Limerick businessman to death with a paving slab and a baseball bat at his US home.

However, their original convictions and sentence of 20 to 25 years for second-degree murder were overturned after three and a half years, and after pleading to involuntary manslaughter, they are now serving an additional prison sentence of seven months to two and a half years.

During the sentencing hearing, the defense tried to portray Mr Corbett, who was 39 when he was killed in 2015, as a controlling tyrant.

The victim impact statements provided in court by Mr Corbett’s children with his late first wife Mags, Jack and Sarah – who were 10 and eight at the time of his murder and are now 19 and 17 – as well as their aunt Tracey Corbett Lynch cried the “lies” of the murderers were on display and demanded the highest possible punishment.

In her statement, Tracey said her brother was “one of the most important and influential people in my life.”

“On August 2, 2015, my world collapsed. Since then, I have struggled to find peace, hope and justice,” she said.

“From that day to this, I have spent many nights and days holding Jack and Sarah in my arms as they try to make sense of the senseless.

“They beg me, ‘Please just tell me why’ or ‘Bring my father back.'” It would bring a tear from the hardest heart. I tried with all my heart to offer them both love, safety and security.

Jason was my brother,” she added. “He was a loving father, husband and excellent friend. He had a great singing voice, loved golf and had a cup-half-full approach to life. It helped him get through the devastating loss of his first wife, Mags, and made him a better husband to his second wife, Molly. He knew how to love and what it was like to lose the love of his life.

His children Jack and Sarah were the center of his life. He wanted a mother for his children and a wife to care for and come home to. Jason wanted to love and be loved; He loved to provide and care for the people in his world.

He was absolutely not the man the defendants tried to portray in the cruel and fabricated narrative they spread to the public. After taking Jason’s life, the defendants did everything in their power to take away his good name as well. For his children, his family, his friends and co-workers, this is as cruel and devastating as the taking of his life. Jason has never shown physicality to anyone in my life. He abhorred violence.

He was a man who loved his wife and children. He loved singing songs and was famous for his party piece on holidays with family or friends – he sang Maybe, the theme song by Grizzly Adams. He loved his job, his colleagues and the simple satisfaction of having done a good job.

We have all suffered physically, mentally and emotionally; none more so than Sarah and Jack. I continue to receive hate mail from supporters of the defendants.

The defendants not only took the life of my dear brother, they also took the life that Jack and Sarah deserved. No one has the right to destroy the lives of two children who were in the house the night their father was beaten to death. Jack was ten years old and Sarah was eight.

She was tricked into lying about her father, and those lies were then used to free her father’s murderers. Their grief is compounded by feelings of guilt, even though they are the completely innocent victims here.