Mr Corbett’s family have flown to the States for the hearing at the Davidson County Superior Court in Lexington, North Carolina.
The retrial of Tom and Molly Martens for the murder of Limerick dad Jason Corbett is due to begin in the US tomorrow.
His American wife, former beauty queen Molly Martens, 39, and her ex FBI agent father Tom Martens, 73, were convicted of second degree murder in 2017.They appealed and the North Carolina Supreme Court subsequently quashed the convictions. The pair face a retrial on second degree murder charges on October 30,
At his first trial Tom Martens said he had acted in self defence after he was awoken to the sound of the Irish widower attacking his daughter Molly. Mr Corbett had suffered such horrific injuries that pathologist Dr Craig Nelson could not accurately count the number of blows to his head, the court heard.
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