US justice was swift and certain in Jason Corbett murder case

In the end, justice was swift and certain as Thomas Martens and his daughter Molly were convicted of the second degree murder of Irishman Jason Corbett.

For Jason’s family, it brings to an end the two-year agony and despair since the morning of August 2, 2015, when he was bludgeoned to death at his home in North Carolina.

But it also means, as with any murder victim’s loved ones, that they must now try to allow themselves the time and space to grieve for him, without the distraction of a murder trial and all the ensuing publicity it generated both here and in the US.