The North Carolina Supreme Court will rule at a later date on the retrial of the duo convicted of murdering Jason Corbett.

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The North Carolina Supreme Court will issue a ruling at a future date regarding the case of two people convicted of murdering Irishman Jason Corbett.

Molly Martens-Corbett and her father, former FBI agent Thomas Martens, were found guilty of murdering the Limerick man at his home in the United States in August 2015.

Martens and Martens-Corbett, who was married to the 39-year-old man, were convicted of second-degree murder after a 2017 trial.

The couple appealed their convictions and said the judge excluded critical evidence that they said would have supported their claims that they were acting in self-defense.

Attorneys for Martens-Corbett and Martens said the statements given to social workers by Corbett’s should have been allowed as evidence.

Last February, the North Carolina Court of Appeals declared that the couple had the right to a new trial.

After today’s session of the Supreme Court, which lasted one hour and heard the arguments of both parties on three key elements of the case, it was announced that the court would deliver its ruling at a later date.

During oral presentations, Doug Kingsbery, who was representing the Martens, claimed that Jason’s children, Jack and Sarah, were said to have woken up in the middle of the night multiple times and were not allowed to reunite with their father and Molly. because Jason would. grow “angry”.

Addressing the court, he said: “The children were in a unique position to know the truth about whether their father had irrational anger issues and were in a position to corroborate various points of his statement.

Kingsbery also claimed that Molly Martens was denied the opportunity to present the children’s statements and the accompanying video, which could have spoken of her love for children and his love for her.

He added: “Molly missed the opportunity to present that evidence when the children were taken to Ireland.”

Custody of Jason’s two children was awarded to his sister Tracey Lynch and her husband David in 2015 following a custody battle.

North Carolina prosecutor Jonathan Babb countered, saying: “The trial court found that the [precedent required for admittance].

“The trial court … determined that the objective circumstances of the record surrounding each child’s interview do not indicate that Sarah and Jack understood that the purpose of the interview was to obtain information from them for their diagnosis or medical treatment.”

Jason’s sister Tracey posted a poem on her Twitter before the hearing was held.

He named the poem “The Judgment of the Victim” which pays tribute to his brother and highlights the emotions he felt after his death.

She said: The day they stole your life and our world .. All the sunny and carefree days ended a long shadow fell over everything and everyone who loved you.

“A long winter descended, a slow unfolding of pain, anger, confusion, mistrust in the world, a constant gnawing at the fabric of our souls and psyche.”