Martens need $300,000 for appeal

The American family of the father and daughter convicted of the second-degree murder of Limerick man Jason Corbett has launched a fundraising campaign to raise $300,000 (€254,000) and fight what they claim was a “wrongful conviction”.

Molly Martens, 33, and her father, Thomas Martens, 67, a former FBI agent, have both received sentences of 20 to 25 years in prison, after being found guilty earlier this week of killing Mr Corbett, 39 in his home in Wallburg, North Carolina, on August 2, 2015.

He had been beaten to death with a paving stone and aluminium baseball bat, suffering at least 12 blows to the head.