North Carolina court hears details of police interview and claim Jason Corbett and wife had been fighting ‘forever’
Molly Martens Corbett did not contest a charge of voluntary manslaughter in relation to the killing of Jason Corbett. Her father, Thomas Martens, pleaded guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughterMolly Martens Corbett told police after the death of her husband Jason Corbett that she was afraid his family would kill her and take his two children back to Ireland, a court in North Carolina has been told.
On Monday, Ms Martens Corbett did not contest a charge of voluntary manslaughter in relation to the killing of her husband. Her father, Thomas Martens pleaded guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughter.Molly Martens and father Thomas reach plea deal over death of Jason CorbettMolly Martens and father Thomas return to court six years after being convicted of Jason Corbett’s murder
She said she had gone to hospital on a couple of occasions, one of which she maintained came after Mr Corbett hit her head against a bed head board. She said she was seeking an MRI but doctors prescribed her painkillers and said had a stress headache. She said she did not tell health authorities what had happened.
Ms Martens Corbett said she told her parents about verbal assaults but not about anything physical. She said the verbal assaults depended on her husband’s mood. Her lawyer, Douglas Kingsberry, told the court his client’s comment in the interview that Mr Corbett did not like his children coming into the bedroom at night would prove important later in the proceedings.
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