Martens 'overjoyed' at decision to grant retrial over Jason Corbett murder

Molly Martens Corbett, 37, and her father Tom, 71, were convicted of Limerick man Jason Corbett's death by a US court in August 2017. Picture: Jerry Wolford.

A family spokesperson for father and daughter Tom and Molly Martens, granted a retrial by a US Supreme Court for their murder convictions of their Irish son-in-law and husband Jason Corbett, say they are “overjoyed” at the decision.

Mike Earnest, an uncle and brother-in-law of the pair said, from the US, that three-and-a-half years for two “innocent people” to be in prison is very difficult to bear.