'Jason Corbett can't speak to you but his blood speaks the truth and cries out for justice', trial hears

In closing arguments, Davidson County prosecutors alleged that former FBI agent Thomas Martens and his daughter Molly brutally bludgeoned Irish businessman Jason Corbett to death with a metal bat and a concrete paving brick and then concocted a story of self-defense to cover up their crime.

'Jason Corbett can't speak to you but his blood speaks the truth and cries out for justice', trial hears

In closing arguments, Davidson County prosecutors alleged that former FBI agent Thomas Martens and his daughter Molly brutally bludgeoned Irish businessman Jason Corbett to death with a metal bat and a concrete paving brick and then concocted a story of self-defense to cover up their crime, writes Michael Hewlett.

But attorneys for Molly Martens said prosecutors had failed to provide any compelling evidence that disproves what the Martens told investigators the morning that Corbett died on August 2, 2015 – that Corbett choked and threatened to kill Molly Martens and Thomas Martens struck Corbett with the baseball bat in an effort to protect himself and his daughter.

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