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Husband testifies he did not plot wife’s killing in double murder trial connected to au pair affair
Brendan Banfield denies any conspiracy to kill his wife and a stranger, despite admitting an affair; prosecutors allege a calculated plot involving luring the stranger via a fake account.
- 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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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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Husband testifies he did not plot wife's killing in double murder trial connected to au pair affair
A man charged with killing his wife and another man testifying in his case about his relationship with his family's au pair in the months before the killings.
·United States
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