Husband who had affair with au pair testifies on killings of wife, another man: "Hoping to de-escalate the situation"
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In the cold formality of a northern Virginia courtroom, Brendan Banfield gave dramatic testimony on Thursday that prosecutors got it wrong, saying he did not fatally stab his wife in 2023, but instead shot the man who did. In:
In the cold formality of a northern Virginia courtroom, Brendan Banfield gave dramatic testimony on Thursday that prosecutors got it wrong, saying he did not fatally stab his wife in 2023, but instead shot the man who did.
The former IRS law enforcement officer-turned-defendant in an aggravated murder trial continued his testimony about what happened the day his wife, Christine Banfield, and Joseph Ryan were killed. Banfield recounted the terror he said he felt while seeing Ryan, his wife, a knife and blood in his bedroom.
"I don't know that I've ever been more panicked in my life," Banfield testified. "I was hoping to de-escalate the situation. I did not want to shoot him. I wanted him to let her go."
Banfield fired a single shot at Ryan, who he had said was holding a knife while standing over his wife. And Juliana Peres Magalhães, the family's au pair and his romantic partner, also shot the man moments later, he testified.
Magalhães previously testified that she crouched behind the bed and covered her eyes and ears while Brendan Banfield repeatedly stabbed his wife, CBS affiliate WUSA-TV reported.
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