The Jason Corbett manslaughter case will today hear evidence showing that his children rescinded their statements shown in court yesterday.
The Jason Corbett manslaughter case will today hear evidence showing that his two children rescinded their statements recounting instances of domestic violence in their home in the US.
At the hearing yesterday the court was shown video footage of interviews conducted with the children at North Carolina Social Services Agency Dragonfly House days after their father’s death.“I think it's very important to say two things,” he said. “Firstly, those Dragonfly House interviews have since been completely contradicted and the statements retracted and recanted by the two children.
Thomas Martens sits with attorneys during a hearing on Monday, October 30th 2023, for Martens and his daughter, Molly Corbett, in the 2015 death of Molly's husband, Jason Corbett at the Davidson County Courthouse in Lexington, North Carolina. Image: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo“Both Jack and Sarah said that they had seen their father and pushing and hitting Molly Martens,” he said.
He said “one of the most extraordinary aspects of what was an extraordinary day” was seeing the children, now aged 17 and 19-years-old watching their own interviews in court.
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