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James Corbett, who was killed in his North Carolina home in 2015, was originally from Limerick
A US woman and her father who had been accused of murdering her Irish husband have agreed plea deals to manslaughter charges.
A US woman and her father who had been accused of murdering her Irish husband have agreed plea deals to manslaughter charges.
James Corbett, 39, was killed in his North Carolina home in 2015.
James Corbett, 39, was killed in his North Carolina home in 2015.
His wife Molly Martens Corbett and her father Thomas Martens were convicted of second-degree murder in 2017.
His wife Molly Martens Corbett and her father Thomas Martens were convicted of second-degree murder in 2017.
They appealed the conviction and the case was quashed by an appeal court in 2020, and a new trial ordered.
They appealed the conviction and the case was quashed by an appeal court in 2020, and a new trial ordered.
Mr Corbett, a 39-year-old business manager from Limerick, was found beaten to death in the main bedroom of his house in Lexington in 2015.
Mr Corbett, a 39-year-old business manager from Limerick, was found beaten to death in the main bedroom of his house in Lexington in 2015.
Molly Martens Corbett and her father, a former FBI agent, were later sentenced to 20 and 25 years respectively, before those convictions were quashed.
Molly Martens Corbett and her father, a former FBI agent, were later sentenced to 20 and 25 years respectively, before those convictions were quashed.
They never denied killing Mr Corbet, but said they had acted in self-defence.
They never denied killing Mr Corbet, but said they had acted in self-defence.
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Molly Corbett, and her father Thomas Martens will be sentenced at a later hearing
At a special setting of the Davison County Superior Court on Monday, Judge David Hall accepted the plea agreements to class D manslaughter, Irish broadcaster RTÉ reports.
At a special setting of the Davison County Superior Court on Monday, Judge David Hall accepted the plea agreements to class D manslaughter, Irish broadcaster RTÉ reports.
As a result, the district attorney dropped murder charges against them.
As a result, the district attorney dropped murder charges against them.
The judge told the defendants that the Class D charge of manslaughter carries a sentence in a range that runs from 17 years in prison for the very worst cases, to probation if the judge finds exceptionally strong mitigating factors.
The judge told the defendants that the Class D charge of manslaughter carries a sentence in a range that runs from 17 years in prison for the very worst cases, to probation if the judge finds exceptionally strong mitigating factors.
The state asked the court to consider the presence of persons under the age of 18 in the house at the time of Mr Corbett’s killing as an aggravating factor.
The state asked the court to consider the presence of persons under the age of 18 in the house at the time of Mr Corbett’s killing as an aggravating factor.
Mr Corbett’s two children from his previous marriage were asleep in the house at the time he was killed.
Mr Corbett’s two children from his previous marriage were asleep in the house at the time he was killed.
The presence of minors was not an aggravating factor in North Carolina law at the time of the offence but it has been made a statutory aggravating factor since.
The presence of minors was not an aggravating factor in North Carolina law at the time of the offence but it has been made a statutory aggravating factor since.
It will be up to the judge to decide if an aggravating factor existed and how serious it was.
It will be up to the judge to decide if an aggravating factor existed and how serious it was.
The case now moves to a sentencing hearing, during which a number of witnesses will be heard by the judge.
The case now moves to a sentencing hearing, during which a number of witnesses will be heard by the judge.
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