Thomas Martens told police he struck Jason Corbett with a baseball bat

Superior Court Judge David Hall addresses Molly Martens as she pleads no contest to voluntary manslaughter during a hearing, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Picture: Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal/Pool

Thomas Martens admitted in a video interview with police that he struck Jason Corbett with a baseball bat after he allegedly saw the Limerick businessman choking Molly Martens, Mr Corbett's wife and Mr Martens' daughter, in August 2015 in the couple's Davidson County home.

“I was scared to death that he was going to kill her,” Mr Martens said in the video. “I hit him with the baseball bat.