When MM moved to Ireland, she was just emerging from...or still in...a very fragile mental state. And yet, TM never visited her for four years. It is just impossible for me to reconcile a man with an unstable daughter who travels overseas...never once visiting her when he has the financial resources to do so.
He also stated on the stand that he knew of no DV. He said "M's marriage was M's marriage." He wasnt going to interfere.
I just can't reconcile the detached Father with the laissez-faire attitude...with the man with the bat, willing to die for his daughter. Or willing to take the rap for her.
Even SM was blaming MM not her husband "M hit him and he fell down."
Why not tell the truth, let her plead temporary insanity,and get the help she needs. Maybe she'd get four years. We know it was no problem for TM to go without seeing her for that length of time.
What is their motivation?
I truly believe that they thought they could just get away with it, that they could give their story and local law enforcement would just say, grand Mr FBI, toddle on, self defence. In the ABC interview, they are citing a video where some police officer says to MM "it looks like self defence", they are clinging to this that the cops believed them but invented a story to convict. Deluded. As if a story convicted them, it was hard evidence that did it.
But also, if they admitted that MM went psycho that night and ran with guilt by reason of insanity, they would be admitting that all they have done over their lives was covering for her. It would have been their best course of action but that did not run in their phyche, they created a scenario and all they have shown since is contempt for all others, it has shown them up for much much worse than just covering for their daughter during her life. Their motivation was self preservation and the preservation of their standing in their own community & among friends. TM is arrogance personified, that he is willing to destroy another mans name & reputation just to protect his social standing.
Would or could she have only got four years? Four years for pulverising someone to death like she did JC. There is no way on earth she would have just admitted to it anyway, in her eyes she was doing the right thing, eliminating someone from her life that was upsetting her plans. TM was a fool as was his wife.