Husband testifies he did not plot wife’s killing in double murder trial connected to au pair affair
Brendan Banfield denies conspiring to kill his wife and a stranger despite prosecutors alleging a plot involving a fake online account to lure the victims, with the au pair pleading guilty.
- Brendan Banfield testified under oath that he did not plot with Juliana Peres Magalhães to kill his wife Christine Banfield and Joe Ryan, despite prosecutors' claims.
- Magalhães had earlier testified that she and Banfield had planned the killings for months after beginning an affair, creating a fetish account to lure Ryan for a sexual encounter.
- Banfield said both he and his wife had affairs during their 19-year marriage but decided through therapy to stay together, contradicting Magalhães' account of plotting the murders.
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Jury in Virginia 'au pair affair' double murder must now decide husband's guilt
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jurors began deliberating Friday on whether a former IRS law enforcement officer in Virginia conspired with his family’s Brazilian au pair, with whom he was having an affair, to kill his wife and pin it on…
IRS agent accused of killing wife in rape fantasy plot admits to having affair with au pair turned alleged accomplice
A philandering federal tax agent on trial in Virginia for allegedly killing his wife in a staged rape fantasy murder plot took the rare step of testifying in his own defense.
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