Banfield and au pair Juliana Peres Magalhaes shot and killed his wife, Christine and a stranger back in 2023. A jury convicted him in January after a trial.
FAIRFAX, Va. — Convicted murderer Brendan Banfield is set to be sentenced Friday, but before he is, his defense will argue that a jury’s guilty verdict should be set aside.
After a high-profile three-week-long trial in January, Banfield was found guilty of murdering his wife, Christine Banfield, and a stranger, Joseph Ryan. He plotted their deaths with Juliana Peres Magalhaes, the Brazilian au pair entrusted with watching his
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