Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Top News
Top News

Molly Martens Corbett And Father Released After Completing Sentences

Thomas Martens, center, arrives with attorneys Jay Vannoy, left, and Jones Byrd at the Davidson County Courthouse, Oct. 30, 2023, in Lexington, N.C., for a hearing before his retrial in the mur

Following the completion of their sentences for pleas to voluntary manslaughter, the wife of an Irish businessman who was beaten to death in 2015 and the woman's father were released from separate North Carolina prisons on Thursday. Molly Martens Corbett and her father, Thomas Martens, were released from the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh and the Caldwell Correctional Center in Lenoir, respectively.

After serving about seven more months behind bars, Molly Corbett and Martens were released following additional sentencing in November. They had been facing a new trial after their 2017 second-degree murder convictions were reversed by the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2021.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.