You were listening to the mens rea podcast and this is the story of the murder of

Jason Corbett. The Oh, The Corbett family was a typical one in the 70s and 80s in Ireland.

There were a lot of them, six boys and two girls, with the youngest two being a set of twin boys, Jason and Wayne.

They lived in a tidy estate outside of Limerick, Janesborough.

It's a typical suburb of one of the smaller cities in Ireland, but when the family first moved into

their home in the quiet cul-de-sac, the area was still decidedly countryside, all through the eight Corbett children's

childhoods. It was idyllic. After finishing school, Jason moved out of the

family home. The Corbett's are very tight-knit though, and rather than set out on his own completely,

he moved in with his older sister Tracy and the man that would become her husband Dave. The two young men became fast

friends. Tracy Corbett Lynch went on to tell Jason's story in a book, My Brother Jason, and much of the information for this

episode about Jason's life and indeed the Corbett's came from that work.

In February of 1997, Jason met Mags, Margaret Fitzpatrick, through a childhood friend

who worked with her at a children's play school. The two started dating officially in August of that year,

and eventually they moved in together. To begin with, they took an apartment directly above

where Tracy and Dave lived. The four of them would all hang around together and enjoyed being so close.

And Jason and Mags were built-in babysitters for the other young couple, something they took on happily.

They all adored one another.

Jason proposed to Mags in 2002 in Barcelona, and they were married the next year in June of 2003.

Their family grew quickly.

In September of 2004, the couple welcomed their son, Jack, and two years later, in September as well, they were joined by a little girl, Sarah.

The family had by this stage moved into a bungalow they'd had built for themselves.

It was their dream home.

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