BREAKING: Molly Martens walks free three weeks early in 'another injustice for Jason Corbett and his family'

MOLLY Martens is a free woman this Thursday afternoon after serving four years and three months in prison for the voluntary manslaughter of 39-year-old Limerick father-of-two, Jason Corbett.

She was released from custody in North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh shortly before 2pm Irish time. In a video posted on X by Amber Lake, of WFMY News 2, Ms Martens, wearing a blue and white summer dress and white sandles, can be seen leaving the facility.

She then gets into the backseat of an awaiting Department of Adult Correction vehicle with her bags.

Her father - Tom Martens, aged 73, a former FBI agent - will be released later today from Piedmont Correctional Institution in Salisbury, North Carolina for the voluntary manslaughter of Mr Corbett. 

Their release is three weeks earlier than planned which the Corbett family have said is "another injustice for Jason Corbett and his family".

The pair never denied killing Mr Corbett, but insisted they had acted in self-defence on the night of August 2, 2015. This has been completely rejected by the Corbett family who say, "We know the truth, they know the truth".

In a statement, Mr Corbett's family described the early release of Tom and Molly Martens as “another injustice for Jason and his family”.

His family, vowed to "tirelessly uphold his honourable legacy and seek justice to preserve his memory." 

"After a nine-year battle for justice, we are deeply disappointed by the impending release of Tom and Molly Martens, the individuals responsible for the sensless and brutal murder of Jason, leaving his two children orphaned." 

In a statement this Thursday, the Corbett family said that after a nine-year battle for justice, "We are deeply disappointed by the impending release of Tom and Molly Martens, the individuals responsible for the senseless and brutal murder of Jason, leaving his two children orphaned".

"Jason was drugged and they beat him with a brick and a baseball bat while he was unable to defend himself. They left the room without a mark on either of them. The heinous actions of Tom and Molly Martens not only took Jason's life in a malevolent, cruel and vicious manner but they also set about to tarnish his reputation and use his children in a self serving attempt to evade accountability.

"Molly Martens relentlessly put Jack and Sarah into the centre of her bid to evade justice with a web of lies while refusing to take the stand to give evidence herself. Her cruelty, disregard and treatment of two children under 10 years of age whose birth mother had died, father she had just battered to death and whom she professed to love was inhumane. Despite the gravity of their crime and the immense loss they inflicted, they will be freed today after serving just four years and three months."

The statement continues: "Their lack of remorse for the irreparable harm caused to Jason's children, whom they callously orphaned, is a stark reminder to all, of their callous disregard for human life and decency. Throughout the protracted legal proceedings, they prioritised their own interests over the profound suffering they inflicted upon innocent children."

In an earlier statement, the Corbett family said: "We know the truth, they know the truth. Soon the world will know the entire truth.

"Their legacy is one of undeniable guilt, exposed to an intelligent public - who when they look at the facts and evidence acknowledge their malevolent deeds on August 2, 2015, without the shield of legal technicalities."

Mr Corbett's daughter, Sarah, began her Leaving Cert this week from hospital due to an illness. 

In a post on social media, her aunt Tracey Corbett Lynch, said she is receiving the best care in hospital and thanked the staff in Sarah's school who went "above and beyond to organise her exams at the hospital".