Molly and Tom Martens Sentenced in The US
Molly Martens and her father Tom could spend as little as seven further months behind bars for the manslaughter of her husband Jason Corbett.
The 39 year old Limerick man was beaten to death in his home in North Carolina in August 2015.
They have received prison sentences of between four and six years to include time already served.
Jason Corbett's family have appealed for privacy following the sentencing.
His children Jack and Sarah gave victim impact statements to a court in North Carolina yesterday.
The statements were said to be very emotional.
Irish Times journalist Martin Wall has been following the case:
"They [his children] maintain that Molly Martens, she had beaten young Jack as a child, that her punishment to them when they were children was- she basically- it was starvation".
Jason's family also say they may not be satisfied with the sentence but have thanked the authorities involved.
