The first picture of killer Molly Martens enjoying her newfound freedom has emerged - following her daze release from prison house.

Our sis title The Star has obtained this flick of a beaming Molly arm-in-arm with her brother Connor, as she travels the Us.

The picture shows a smiling Molly dressed in a coat and tracksuit bottoms and wearing a bandana as she stands outside a tour charabanc with her blood brother - who has been posting pictures and videos of a country-wide trip effectually the USA for the by number of days.

The brazen moving-picture show is the outset glimpse into Molly's new life - afterwards she was released from prison house following a shock decision by the North Carolina Supreme Courtroom to overturn her conviction for the murder of Composition dad-of-two Jason Corbett.

Innocent Jason was establish battered to death in the family abode in Winston-Salem, Due north Carolina in August 2015 - with troubled Molly claiming she and her retired FBI agent father Thomas Martens killed him in an act of 'self defence force.'

Molly is now facing a potential retrial for the barbarous August 2015 killing adjacent year - but the moving picture shows she has conspicuously moved on with her new life following 4 years behind confined, where she was serving a sentence for the Irish man'southward murder.

In Apr The Star revealed how Molly was in fact broke later spending all the money she received from the sale of the house where she killed Jason Corbett – on her bid for freedom.

We learned that Molly spent the entirety of the almost $200,000 she garnered from the sale of the house-of-horrors – on her eventually successful bid for freedom.

Molly and Thomas Martens

Thomas and Molly Martens

Simply even that was non enough money to comprehend Molly's expensive legal bills, with her family unit claiming that her father and mother spent their retirement money and their life's savings on getting them out.

"Whatsoever Molly earned from the auction of the house, much of that, if not all of that, went towards legal expenses for Molly. Molly doesn't accept annihilation (now)," Molly'south uncle Mike Earnest told u.s.a..

"I call up whatsoever amount Molly may accept received from the house, I think virtually all of that went to legal expenses.

"If she has some funds (now), I'yard not aware of information technology," he said.

The home where Molly Martens lived with Jason Corbett

Molly Martens and the habitation where she murdered Limerick homo Jason Corbett

And he spoke near how the remaining expenses, which have been numerous and included the $200,000 bail they had to pay this week, came from Molly'southward parents' lifelong savings.

"The vast bulk of the legal expenses have been borne by my sister and Tom and their savings and what they had put abroad for their retirement," he said.

While the Martens savour their newfound freedom, Davidson County District Chaser Garry Frank is now mounting the case for a retrial of the pair.

In a previous interview with this paper, Mr Frank said he would endeavour the case once again "to the all-time of my ability."

The weapon used to kill Limerick Dad Jason Corbett

Within the horror bedroom where Molly Martens and father Thomas killed dad-of-two Jason Corbett

"They stand charged with second degree murder and it will be tried to the all-time of my ability.

"It'due south scheduled now for trial. There'southward a million things that could happen in the interim but right at present it's the exact same position and with the same consideration as immediately after they were indicted four years ago," he told us.

It is understood the Martens have been offered a plea bargain – which could run into them accepting a manslaughter charge to ultimately avoid a retrial.

For now even so neither the Martens nor Mr Frank volition confirm the existence of that plea deal.

If that does non happen, information technology is expected that a retrial may not take place until at to the lowest degree 2022 due to delays thanks to COVID-19, coupled with the testify and witnesses needed.

Yet Mr Frank told this newspaper that he stands by the work of his office and the fact that the evidence is there to prosecute the pair for the murder of Mr Corbett.

"You could judge what I recall of the case and the facts based on the by performance of my office.

Jason Corbett

A file photo of Limerick man Jason Corbett(39) who was killed in Baronial 2015

"We sent to the Grand jury voluntary manslaughter and 2d-caste murder.

"They were indited on both and on the eve of trial nosotros dismissed the voluntary manslaughter and went frontwards with 2nd-degree murder.

"So, it'due south not really subject to debate as to whether we believe nosotros could possibly captive them of second- degree murder," he said.

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In a statement released after the pair got out of jail, Tracey Corbett-Lynch, the sister of the slain Limerick-man welcomed the retrial.

"We welcome today'south determination past Garry Frank, the District Attorney for Davidson County, to seek a retrial of Tom and Molly Martens for the murder of Jason Corbett, a loving, kind, father of two who was beaten to death in his own home.

"We look forward to a date beingness prepare for a retrial at the earliest opportunity," she said.