The family of Jason Corbett is “doing good” ahead of this year’s retrial, his sister has said. 

The Limerick businessman was killed at his home in North Carolina in 2015.

In 2017, his wife, Molly Corbett, and his father-in-law, Thomas Martens, were convicted of murdering him.

The pair claim they were acting in self-defence and in 2021 a judge ordered a retrial. 

Jason Corbett was killed in 2015 | File photo

The Corbett family will have their day in court in the autumn and Tracey Corbett Lynch said people’s continued support for them means “so much” and “makes such a difference.” 

“We’re doing okay at the moment,” she told Lunchtime Live. 

“We’re just trying to focus on the time and days ahead; Jack [Jason’s son] has his Leaving Cert coming up. 

“So, that’s ahead and we’re just trying, I suppose, to reframe. 

“We’ve had the recent changes, the trial moved from June into November, so we’re just trying to reframe our year and plan around what’s to come. 

“But very much just taking each day as it comes but we’re doing good and thank you to people who are showing their concern.”

Bereavement

As well as losing her brother, Ms Corbett Lynch also lost her mother during the pandemic and her sister-in-law to illness. 

She feels society can do more to help the bereaved and has set out to change that; she got in touch with a number of local health organisations and the Limerick Bereavement Network was born. 

“The Limerick Bereavement Network evolved from the support I had and my own experience of bereavement,” she said.  

“As you said yourself, I’ve lost loved ones from cancer and a COVID-19 related illness. 

“I’ve been very public when my brother Jason was killed and I just remember from the beginning I just had so much support - and it continues to this day. 

“Some people who had their own experience of loss began reaching out to me on social media and letters and sharing their experiences of loss - which was comforting to me but also highlighted to me just how little we were speaking and sharing our own experiences.” 

The network recently held its first event and has received a “positive response” so far; its next event, Living With Loss, will take place on Monday and is free to all who wish to attend. 

Main image: Tracey Corbett Lynch.