Defence lawyers for Molly Martens and her father Thomas want US judge to apply extreme mitigation in sentencing to allow pair to walk free
Molly Martens Corbett engineered a situation in her home with a view to getting her husband out of their house so she could secure custody of his two children, prosecutors have claimed.
The court had heard it said during the seven-day hearing that for Molly Martens, it was “all about the kids”, said Mr Martin‘Meticulously responsible’ Tom Martens portrayed in court as a loving father and grandfather who ‘follows the rules rigidly’ He said all Jason Corbett had to do was to take his two children back to Ireland and leave them there.
Counsel for Ms Martens has maintained his client believed that Margaret Corbett had been murdered and the same fate could befall her. He contended that his client had spoken to friends before her husband’s death in August 2015 about her concerns that he could have been responsible for the death of his first wife.
A central issue for the judge to determine is whether there were aggravating factors in that Mr Corbett’s children were present in the house when he was killed.
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