The family of Jason Corbett have appealed for privacy after his former wife and father-in-law were sentenced for his manslaughter.
The 39 year old was beaten to death by Molly and Tom Martens at his US home in 2015.
His children Jack and Sarah gave victim impact statements to a court in North Carolina yesterday, before sentences of between 7 months and 2 and a half years in prison were handed down.
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Irish Times journalist Martin Wall was covering the case in the US :