The killers who beat Jason Corbett to death could be released over Easter as the brother makes a desperate plea to Joe Biden.

Father-daughter killers Molly and Tom Martens, who beat an Irishman to death in the United States, could be released over Easter as the deceased’s family fights for a new trial.

Limerick businessman Jason Corbett, 39, was brutally beaten to death in his bed at his home in Walburg, North Carolina, in August 2015 with an aluminum baseball bat and cobblestones.

His wife Molly Martens Corbett, 37, and his father, retired FBI agent Tom Martens, 71, were convicted by a jury in North Carolina in 2017 of second-degree murder and sentenced to between 20 and 25 years. in high security prisons.

Now, Jason’s brother, John P Corbett, has written to US President Joe Biden expressing his “dismay” at the decision of the district attorney in Davidson County, North Carolina, to offer his brother’s killers a settlement. with the prosecution.

It could see them released in 22 months and for a week over Easter as they have six days to consider the offer according to the prosecution or choose a new trial.

A retrial would release them on bail until next year before a new court case.

John, who works for the NHS in England, said: “I cannot hide my true sadness and pain upon hearing the news that Tom and Molly Martens were appeased and facilitated by the North Carolina justice system.

“Two cold individuals who used weapons far beyond the reasonable amount of force necessary to kill someone.

“Two individuals who had not a scratch in their obscene plea for self-defense.

“Sadly, the justice system appears, in this case, to be working for the killers, and not for the life they have coldly taken for their own narcissistic agenda.”

The Martens were transferred from a high-security prison to the Davidson County Jail in Lexington, North Carolina, before their bond hearing next week.

Jason Corbett’s sister, Tracey Corbett-Lynch, who, along with her husband David Lynch, are legal guardians of the children of their deceased brothers, Jack, 16, and Sarah, 14, said they were “devastated” by the prosecutor’s decision.

Tracey has urged the public to sign a petition, which has attracted thousands of signatures, calling for a new trial.